Several top companies, led by steel majors ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), JSW Steel, Tata Steel and Hindalco, are planning to expand capacity in the next few quarters
Shares of SAIL on Friday rose by 5 per cent after the company posted a 31 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2021.
The price revision has been made in the last two days, the sources said.
This comes amid opposition from within the ruling BJP and cases pending in courts
Cloud over domestic demand, rising global supplies and high valuations are key concerns
Liberty Steel, the company led by British Indian businessman Sanjeev Gupta, on Monday announced very constructive and productive meetings as part of its ongoing restructuring plans, which will result in the sale of its Stocksbridge plant in south-east England to help pay back lender Credit Suisse. Gupta, who heads the wider Gupta Family Group (GFG) Alliance, and his newly-formed Restructuring and Transformation Committee held advanced discussions with Credit Suisse Asset Management (CS) in Dubai over the weekend to reach a formal standstill agreement on its Liberty Primary Metals Australia business while refinancing is completed that will repay Credit Suisse out in full. The investment bank has, meanwhile, agreed to pause court proceedings against Gupta's empire while the sale of Stocksbridge is conducted. Both parties also made significant progress in agreeing a framework to resolve GFG Alliance's remaining exposure with CS, Liberty Steel, the UK's third largest steel maker, ...
The upturn in the steel cycle has allowed it to reconsider overseas asset sales and plan domestic expansion and acquisitions
In April, over 20,000 tonnes of LMO were supplied from firm's steel units; company was supplying 185 tonnes a day of LMO mid-April, which has now been raised to 1,200 tonnes
With profitability at record levels, even if steel prices correct by 15-20% going ahead, players would still be in a comfortable position to deleverage, says an analyst
JSPL has recently announced divestment of its thermal power business to reduce its debt further as well as to cut down on its carbon footprint by almost half
Returns for the month slipped into marginal negative territory because of the 2 per cent fall on Friday
The company's m-cap is up 27% in April so far, and has trebled since Sept 2020
Saving lives more important than producing steel, says Sajjan Jindal
Market cap of top four steelmakers up 29% in April so far; demand from China is a strong tailwind
Indian steel major Tata Steel has filed a commercial court claim in the UK against British Indian steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta led GFG Alliance
The Indian steel industry has the capacity to supply about 3,000 tonnes a day of medical oxygen
Jindal Steel owned 48.99% in the Oman unit via Jindal Steel & Power (Mauritius) Ltd. The former had made the deal to exit Oman biz last September
Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) clocked its best ever quarterly sales at 4.27 million tonnes (MT) during the March quarter of the last fiscal year
Contraction in domestic steel consumption has been much lower at 9.9% in 11M FY2021 compared to a 19.6% drop during 8M FY2021 on the back of a sharp pullback in demand during December 2020 and January
Brokerages bullish on improving cycle and higher prices