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Tata Steel's managing director TV Narendran on Tuesday pitched for safeguard duties on steel imports to protect the domestic steel industry from the indirect impact of US tariff hikes. He said many countries have initiated similar actions on steel imports, pointing out that the last three days have seen Vietnam imposing an anti-dumping duty on Chinese steel imports, and South Korea has also taken a similar decision. "We are asking for safeguard duties, which can be imposed immediately to help us," Narendran told reporters on the sidelines of the tech industry lobby grouping Nasscom's annual event NTLF here. After assuming office as the US President last month, Donald Trump ordered a 25 per cent import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the US and ended exemptions given to Canada and European steel earlier. Narendran said the Indian Steel Association has already made a submission to the government for safeguard duty, and added that it has pitched for a safeguard duty instead of
The industry is waiting for an action from the government to check steel imports, which are affecting the domestic players, Tata Steel CEO T V Narendran said on Friday. He also warned future investments in the steel sector getting impacted due to present situation of surging imports. The steel industry has been one of the biggest private sector investors over the last few years. All players in the industry have announced big expansion plans. One round of expansion is getting completed, he told PTI on the sidelines of 69th Foundation Day of All India Management Association (AIMA) in the national capital. A lot of steel which can't find other markets end up in India and depress prices here to levels at which the steel company struggle to have healthy cash flows, Narendran, who is also the Senior Vice President of AIMA, said. At some point in time, future investments can't get impacted, he said. The comments assume significance as India aims to take its overall installed steel ...
Tata Steel on Tuesday said it has invested significantly in cutting-edge generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms and built over 550 models to enhance output, productivity and quality. The steel giant claimed that it is at the forefront of technological transformation through the integration of AI and industry technologies. "In the last 5-6 years, the company has built over 550 AI models for enhancing yield, energy, throughput, quality and productivity, stakeholder experience, safety, and sustainability," the company said in a statement. The steelmaker also said, "The company has invested significantly in cutting-edge generative AI platforms which are now powering automated insights, conversational interfaces, and addressing hard-to-solve use cases by combining the abilities of conventional (mathematical) AI with the creative capacities of Generative AI." By focusing on AI's practical applications, Tata Steel continues to redefine the industry with initiatives that combine
Tata Steel management projected flat realisations for the Indian market in the fourth quarter with potential upside contingent on significant changes in the upcoming Union budget or government safeguards. However, coking coal costs in India are expected to reduce by USD10 per tonne quarter-on-quarter, providing some relief to the company, the management told analysts in a concall. The steel industry was seeking safeguard duty against cheap imports. The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), has also started an investigation into imports of 'Non-Alloy and Alloy Steel Flat Products', used in various industries, including fabrication, pipe making, construction, capital goods, auto, tractors, bicycles, and electrical panels. Tata Steel, on the European front, anticipates lower realisations in both the UK and Netherlands due to annual contract renewals at the calendar year-end. In the UK, realisations are expected to decline by 60 Pound per tonne quarter-on-quarter, driven by a
Tata Steel on Monday reported a 43.4 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 295.49 crore for the quarter ended on December 31, 2024, due to lower income. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 522.14 crore in the year-ago period. The consolidated income declined to Rs 53,869.33 crore in the October-December period from Rs 55,539.77 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, according to an exchange filing by Tata Steel. Total expenses of Tata Steel dropped to Rs 52,118.09 crore over 53,351.13 in the year-ago period. The steel major had earlier said that its India crude steel production grew by 6 per cent to 5.68 million tonnes (MT) in the third quarter of the current fiscal compared to 5.35 MT in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. Deliveries in India reached 5.29 MT for the third quarter, up 8.4 per cent Y-o-Y, due to steady sales in the domestic market and strategic presence in exports. Tata Steel Netherlands reported liq
Tata Steel on Sunday issued an advisory about the decommissioning process of its coke oven battery #7 at its Jamshedpur works on January 27 to avoid misinterpretation of the flaring that will occur during the procedure for retiring the battery. India's first stamp charge coke oven battery, which remained operational for 36 years, produced over 12 million tonnes of coke and revolutionised the steel industry, the company said in a statement. The decommissioning process will involve isolating the battery from the by-product plant foul gas suction network. During the shutdown, raw gas from the ovens will be safely flared from oven top flares and ascension pipes as per standard operating procedures, the statement said. Flaring will commence at 9 am and continue for nearly 24 hours, the statement added. The steel major emphasised that this was a planned and controlled activity, and the flaring observed during this time is entirely safe.