"Traders are expected to stock up cheap imports creating huge inventories in the coming months ahead of an anticipated demand boom in the sector," said an official of a large stainless steel firm
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Tata Steel confirmed on Friday that SSAB had withdrawn its initial interest, but the company said it was committed to arriving at a strategic resolution for its European portfolio
This comes despite Swedish steelmaker SSAB's decision to halt talks over the potential acquisition of Tata's Dutch steel mill
An increase in coking coal prices would not augur well financially for steel companies' in India, ICICI Securities said in a note
Going forward, analysts at Phillip Capital expect metal companies to report further improvement in operating performance in Q3FY21 results
Bharti Airtel announced the appointment of Pradipt Kapoor as its Chief Information Officer
Tata Steel on Friday said its total output from India operations rose 3 per cent to 4.60 million tonnes (MT) during October-December quarter of the current financial year. The output from company's operations in India was at 4.47 MT in the year-ago period, Tata Steel said in a statement. Its sales from India operations during the period under review were at 4.66 MT, down 4 per cent from 4.85 MT in the same quarter of 2019-20 financial year. Tata Steel Europe's output also rose 4 per cent to 2.61 MT from 2.51 MT in the year-ago period. Sales from operations in Europe declined 10 per cent to 2.11 MT during the period under review from 2.35 MT in October-December of 2019-20. "Automotive and special products' segment deliveries grew 48 per cent quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) on the back of improvement in overall demand, increased share of business from existing customers and new product approvals," the company said in the statement. Deliveries of branded products and retail segment grew
Stocks of all major steel producers hit a new one-year high with Tata Steel leading the pack
At 02:15 pm, Nifty Metal index was the top gainer among sectoral indices, up 4% against 0.28% rise in the Nifty50 index
Shareholders of Union Bank of India approved the bank's proposal for raising up to Rs 6,800 crore equity capital to fund business growth
Globally, steel prices are expected to stay firm, as China may not export large volumes owing to better balance in its domestic market
Shortage of iron ore, spike in input costs are the major impediments
Issued under rights programme, they are now at a 14 per cent premium to ordinary shares
Company's leverage remains high, limiting further rating upside from current 'B+'
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The top 13 iron and steel firms now have a combined m-cap of Rs 2.45 trillion, up from Rs 1.7 trillion at the beginning of October
For the July-September quarter, the company had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 59.06 crore.
In a Q&A, the firm's MD & CEO says there is a pick-up in consumption acroess sectors and keeping up with market requirements is a struggle
The gain in share prices has been supported by the rally in commodity prices