Steel Authority of India (SAIL), is forming an equal equity joint venture (JV) with Japan’s fourth-largest steel firm Kobe Steel, for a new plant in Durgapur. The project, to set up a plant having capacity of 0.5 million tonne, is part of SAIL’s target to grow its existing manufacturing capacity five-fold by 2020.
The 1,500-crore project will be based on Kobe’s patented high-grade steel technology called ITmK3, SAIL. SAIL and Kobe are currently in the process of making a detailed project report and expect to seal the deal next month. Although ownership structure of the proposed JV is not yet finalized, both partners are likely to have 49% stake each in the venture. The balance 2% would be held by a financial institution and so the JV would not be a part of the consolidated balance sheet of SAIL.
\SAIL has charted out an aggressive growth plan to increase its installed capacity to 60 million tonne (MT) by 2020 from the current level of 12.84 mt, in line with rising demand for the metal. The state-run company’s production capacity will reach 21.4 MT by March, 2012 after it completes the ongoing projects.
\SAIL is also planning to set up a power plant with an installed capacity of 1,000 mw at the same location that will be completely owned by the Indian steelmaker. The company will invest 3,500 crore in the power project.
Company Name | CMP |
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Tata Steel | 138.95 |
JSW Steel | 913.10 |
SAIL | 115.50 |
Jindal Stainless | 734.00 |
Jindal Saw | 299.55 |
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