Adani’s petrochemical plant inches closer to getting a ₹17,000-cr lifeline from SBI-led consortium
Live MintAdani Group’s petrochemical plant at Mundra is closer to getting a fresh lease of life as State Bank of India prepares to lend the project about ₹17,000 crore, amounting to 60-70% of its capital expenditure requirement. The loan, from a consortium led by India's largest lender SBI, will be part of a financial closure programme for Adani Petrochemicals Ltd’s coal-to-polyvinyl chloride plant, which would be India's largest PVC manufacturing facility once completed. Mint had in July 2022 reported that Adani Group had approached SBI for a ₹14,000 crore loan to build a the petrochemical plant in Mundra. In its annual report for FY 2022-23, Adani Enterprises had said the company would "leverage the group’s resources at Mundra to build a state-of-the-art petrochemicals industry to enhance PVC import substitution".