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Bhushan Steel denies report about company sale

The company owes about $6 billion to a consortium of banks

Reuters Mumbai
Last Updated : Oct 14 2014 | 3:32 PM IST

Bhushan Steel Ltd said a TV news report that the company's lenders were looking to sell the company was "completely false and baseless".

Shares in Bhushan Steel rose as much as 10% to their daily limit on Tuesday after television channel ET Now reported the steelmaker's lenders had launched a sale process for the company.

"Bhushan Steel is a standard account. Hence, the question of lenders looking at selling it does not arise in this situation," the company said in a statement to Reuters.

Bhushan Steel, which owes about $6 billion to a consortium of banks, is under pressure after its managing director was implicated in a bribery case in August. The company has denied any wrongdoing and said it has been able to service loans.

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First Published: Oct 14 2014 | 3:11 PM IST

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