Sajjan Jindal company is the third listing by the JSW Group and it comes after a gap of 13 years
Steel firm was in race to buy Teck Resources' coal unit at a $8 bn valuation
We have now made a roadmap to scale-up our capacity by three times to 60 million tonnes over the next five years
JSW is likely to use a single platform on which it can build at least three mid-sized sport-utility vehicles (SUVs), one of the sources said
In talks with several Chinese players for tech partnership; in race to buy stake in MG Motor
The talks to acquire the Ford plant in Chennai started a couple of months ago and are now in an advanced stage, a report said on Wednesday
JSW Group, which is in talks with MG Motor India to enter the EV space, is also working on a parallel plan to make its own electric vehicles, Chairman Sajjan Jindal said on Friday. Discussions are underway with MG Motor, Jindal said. "We are extremely serious about entering the EV space. MG would be our preferred choice. If it happens, otherwise we are also working parallely to develop our own EV cars," he said on the sidelines of B20 Summit India 2023. EV is an area where JSW Group must enter as it is the future and this is a good time to make foray into this space, Jindal said. In January, JSW Group Chief Financing Officer Seshagiri Rao had told PTI that manufacturing of electric vehicles was being discussed actively at the group level. The group was looking to manufacture electric four-wheelers, Rao had said. JSW Group has a significant presence in sectors like steel, energy, infrastructure, cement, paints, venture capital and sports.
"While we are indeed looking for iron ore and coking coal assets to ensure raw material security, our primary focus is on domestic acquisitions"
Capacity utilisation at Indian operations was at 92% compared to 96% in Q4 FY23 due to maintenance shutdowns
When concluded, the deal will leave at least 51 per cent stake of the company in Indian hands
In October last year, the company had signed another SLL agreement of Rs 400 crore with Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Homegrown firm JSW Group is exploring possibilities to acquire coking coal mines in offshore markets, industry sources said. The steel-to-infrastructure group is exploring the mineral assets in countries like Australia and Mozambique etc, they said. "JSW Group is exploring possibilities to acquire coking coal mines in offshore markets like Mozambique, Australia etc for captive purposes," sources said. Captive coking coal mines will help group company JSW Steel reduce its cost of production for manufacturing steel, they explained. When contacted, a JSW Group spokesperson declined to make any comment. JSW Steel is into manufacturing steel through the blast furnace route, a process which requires coking coal as a key raw material. Due to the unavailability of coking coal, India remains dependent on imports to meet 85 per cent of its coking coal needs from far-located countries like Australia, South Africa, Canada and the US. Specifically, JSW Steel meets 60 per cent of its coking c
JSW Infrastructure will invest Rs 152 crore for the expansion of its container capacity at New Mangalore Port Trust, according to sources. In June 2022, the company commissioned its first container terminal at New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) in Karnataka, having a cargo capacity of 2.4 lakh twenty equipment units (TEU). On May 9, Sajjan Jindal-owned JSW Infrastructure filed the DRHP with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise up to Rs 2,800 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) to retire debt and support its expansion plans. "Out of Rs 2,800 crore, which the company plans to raise through the initial public offering (IPO), Rs 152 crore will be spent on container capacity expansion," the sources said. As per the plan, the capacity will be increased to 4 lakh TEUs. The modernisation efforts will be undertaken by JSW Infrastructure's subsidiary JSW Mangalore Container Terminal Private Limited (MTPL). A query sent to the company seeking a response remained unanswered. The
SAIC is in the advanced stages of talks with investors from different Indian companies, which include Reliance, Hero Group, Premji Invest, and JSW Group for equity sale
This came after reports emerged stating the talks were in the 'final stages'
No consolidation has been made to create an industry of sports, she says
Sajjan Jindal-led conglomerate JSW Group is in talks with MG Motor India to pick up stake in the automobile company, according to sources. The steel-to-sports group is also exploring purchase of stake in BYD India, they said. In January, JSW Group Chief Financing Officer Seshagiri Rao had told PTI that the manufacturing of electric vehicles is being discussed actively at the group level. The group is looking to manufacture four-wheelers, Rao had said in reply to a question on JSW Group's plan to expand its presence into more sectors. "JSW Group is in talks with MG Motor India and BYD India. The early talks are for picking up stake. Talks are on with both the companies," the sources said. When contacted, a JSW Group spokesperson declined to comment. "As a company policy at MG Motor we do not comment on speculation," a spokesperson of the automobile company said when contacted.
MG Motor India unveiled its compact EV Comet, which has a range of 230 km per charge, last Wednesday
India's JSW Steel plans to sell specialty steel products to Russia this year, a senior company official told Reuters on Wednesday
Jindal said steel was "a cyclical business, and we cannot afford to have a high-leverage regime," according to the FT