The Bombay-listed company will seek shareholder approvalfor the undertaking at its upcoming AGM in September, a stock exchange filingsaid.

Essar has total cargo handling capacity of 104 million tonnesand is in the process of expanding it by close to 80% to 181 million tonnes by2016.

The company has yet to decide what form the fundraisers will take but it isexploring all options including public issues and qualified institutional placement(QIP).



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