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JSW Steel plans to reduce capex target by 45% to Rs 9,000 crore for FY21

World steel association has also lowered its forecast for steel demand for calendar year 2020

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The global demand is expected to contract by 6.4 per cent to 1,654 million tonne due to Covid-19 impact

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Concerned over uncertain market conditions, JSW Steel has decided to reduce its capex target for 2020-21 by about 45 per cent to Rs 9,000 crore against its earlier plan of spending Rs 16,340 crore.

At 9,000 crore, the capex target is about 12 per cent lower compared to the company's Rs 10,200-crore spend during 2019-20.

In the company's annual report, JSW Steel CMD Sajjan Jindal said the company has undertaken a detailed exercise to prioritise all planned and discretionary spends.

The objective is to conserve liquidity, ensure that strategic projects which are in advanced stages of completion are commissioned on

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