Jindal Stainless, India’s largest producer of stainless steel and part of the OP Jindal group, reported a strong recovery in its operating and financial performance during the fourth and final quarter of the financial year. For the three months ended March, the company’s sales volumes jumped 15% compared to the same period of last year […]
JSW Steel USA Ohio Inc, a US subsidiary of JSW Steel, has signed a long-term agreement with local steel producer Allegheny Technologies Inc. to convert JSW’s locally produced carbon steel slabs into hot rolled coils. The agreement will help diversify JSW’s steel offerings in the US, while also generating revenue for Allegheny Technologies and improving […]
Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India’s largest makers of tractors, said it plans to increase the prices of its tractors from January 1 to offset increasing commodity prices. “Details of the price increase across different models will be communicated in due course,” it said. The move comes in the wake of record sales of tractors […]
Tata Steel said its European subsidiary, Tata Steel Netherlands Holdings, has refinanced its bank debt by raising term loan facilities of 1.75 billion euros. In comparison, Tata Steel’s European operations had reported a debt of over 2.2 billion euros as of March. “This represents a reduction of EUR 500 million versus the external debt outstanding […]
Jindal Steel & Power Limited reported a 17% year-on-year jump in its steel output for the three months from April to June, 2109. This compares to a 20% jump seen in the previous quarter. JSPL produced 1.57 million tons of steel and steel products during the quarter, slightly higher than the 1.51 millon tons reported […]
Jindal Steel and Power Ltd reported a 53% jump in crude steel sales for the September quarter compared to the same quarter last year. It sold 1.27 million tons of crude steel during the quarter, up 7.6% compared to the March quarter, and well clear of the 0.83 million tons recorded in the same quarter […]
JSW Steel Ltd reported an 8% jump in its crude steel production for August to 14.48 lakh tons. Crude steel refers to the first state of produced steel, and can be processed by the company into other products or sold to third parties. In the month of August, output of long rolled products, such as […]
Jindal Steel and Power Limited said steel sales volumes in India rose 46% in Apr-Jun quarter to 1.18 mln tons compared to the year ago. The sales number is at a similar level to the preceding Jan-Mar quarter, when the company had sold 1.18 million tons. In terms of production, there was an increase of […]
JSW Steel said it will increase the manufacturing capacity of its Vijayanagar Works plant to 13 millions tons per year from 12 MTPA by March 2020 at a cost of Rs 7,500 crore. The plant is claimed as the largest state-of-the-art single location steel manufacturing unit in India. Located 380 kilometres from Karnataka’s capital city, […]
JSW Steel Limited said it, along with its consortium partner and private equity player AION Investments Private II Ltd, has accept the terms and conditions for the acquisition of the assets of bankrupt steelmaker Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited. The duo were declared the successful, and only, bidders two days ago. The bids were placed […]
Tata Steel said it has been declared as the successful resolution applicant by the Committee of Creditors of Bhushan Steel Limited, laying the ground for one of the biggest acquisitions in India’s iron and steel sector. Tata Steel said it has has accepted the Letter of Intent for Bhushan Steel under the Corporate Insolvency Resolution […]
India’s auto giant Mahindra & Mahindra said it has agreed to sell control of its Japanese speciality steel business to joint venture partner Sanyo Special Steel co for Rs 146.32 cr. Mahindra & Mahindra will sell 22% of the company, in which it used to own a 51% stake, and reduce its share to 29%. […]
Steel Authority of India Ltd, one of India’s top steelmakers, said it has approved giving voluntary retirement compensation to 1,269 employees totaling Rs 254 cr. The figure comes to about Rs 20 lakhs per employee on average. VRS 2017, as the scheme is called, will result in savings of Rs 127 cr per year for […]
JSW Steel Limited said the company’s board has approved a plan to build a pipeline from its Vijayanagar plant in Karnataka to the coast to facilitate the import of cheaper iron ore from Odisha and Eastern India. “This Slurry Pipeline can be set up within 24 months at an estimated cost of Rs 2,100 crores. […]
Jindal Steel and Power said it secured coal linkages of 511,000 tonnes per year in a recently concluded auction for the use of its captive power plants. “The coal linkages, secured for a 5-year duration, will provide steady supply of fuel to captive power plants run by the company for its steel-making operations,” JSPL said. […]
Tata Steel Limited said that it has executed definitive agreements to acquire 100% equity shares of Brahmani River Pellets Limited (BRPL) from Aryan Mining and Trading Corpn Private Limited (AMTC) and other companies in the Moorgate Industries Group (MIG). The transaction is based on an enterprise value of Rs. 900 crores plus closing adjustments and […]
JSW Steel acquired JSW Praxair Oxygen Private (JPOPL) by purchasing the remaining 74% shares for Rs. 240 crores, said the company. JSW steel currently holds 26% of the equity shares of JPOPL and post the aforesaid acquisition, JPOPL would become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. JPOPL is engaged in the business of production […]
Troubles within China are expected to spell disaster for the Indian steel industry as desperate Chinese manufacturers would dump their products more rigorously abroad, having already registered a growth of 232 per cent in their shipments to Indian ports, an ASSOCHAM study has cautioned. Indian steel makers have already been hit by declining prices due […]
Vedanta Resources, the London-listed global mining giant, said it will today restart iron-ore mining at its mine at Codli in Sanguem taluka in Goa. “The Company has received the relevant consent, license and approvals in place to commence the iron-ore mining operations in the State of Goa for some of its leases,” Vedanta said. The […]
Fitch Ratings said it does not expect the Indian government’s increase in customs duties on steel imports to alleviate much of the pressure on Indian steel producers, which have been challenged by cheap imports and weak domestic demand. The government increased the customs duty on long product to 7.5% from 5.5 %, and on flat […]
