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Tata Steel signs MoU with Klesch Group

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Last Updated : Oct 16 2014 | 9:16 AM IST

For potential sale of its long products Europe business and associated distribution activities

Tata Steel announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Klesch Group to undertake detailed due diligence and negotiations for the potential sale of its long products Europe business and associated distribution activities.

The memorandum covers several UK-based assets including Tata Steel's Scunthorpe steelworks, mills in Teesside, Dalzell and Clydebridge in Scotland, an engineering workshop in Workington and a rail consultancy in York, as well as other operations in France and Germany [see to Notes to editors for list of sites]. About 6,500 people are employed at Long Products Europe and its distribution facilities. Tata Steel employs 30,500 people across Europe, including 17,500 in the UK.

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First Published: Oct 16 2014 | 7:52 AM IST

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