JSW Steel on Wednesday said it has emerged as the preferred bidder for the Jaisinghpura North Block iron ore mine in Karnataka. JSW Steel has received a communication from the Karnataka government in this regard, the company informed the exchanges. "The Company has been declared as a preferred bidder vide communication dated October 11, 2023, received from the Office of the Director, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Karnataka, for Jaisinghpura North Block, in the Auction held on August 2, 2023," the filing said. The highest final offer price by the company to become a "Preferred Bidder" is 150.3 per cent of the value of the mineral dispatched. The projected iron ore resource is 17.66 in MMT (metric million tonnes). The company will take all requisite steps as per the tender document to obtain a letter of intent, and all statutory clearances to execute the Lease Deed with Mine Development and Production Agreement (MDPA), and start the mining operations. Part of JSW Gr
JSW Steel has posted 13 per cent rise in its consolidated production to 6.41 million tonne (MT) for July-September 2023-24. It had produced 5.68 MT crude steel during the second quarter of 2022-23, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. However, on a quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) basis, the production was lower by 3 per cent, primarily due to scheduled shutdowns undertaken at Indian operations and lower capacity utilisation at USA-Ohio due to market conditions, JSW Steel said. In the previous quarter, the company's consolidated output was at 6.61 MT. In India, JSW Steel produced 6.27 MT as against 5.60 MT in July-September 2022-23 and 6.37 MT in April-June 2023-24. JSW Steel USA - Ohio output increased to 0.14 MT from 0.08 MT in the same quarter last fiscal. JSW Steel further said "the merger of the Joint Venture, Creixent Special Steels Limited along and its subsidiary JSW Ispat Special Products Limited (JISPL) with the company has become effective on 31 July 2023." The compa
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JSW, along with Japanese and Korean mills, plans to buy a stake in Teck's Elk Valley Resources, with a combined offer valuing the unit at $8 billion, Jindal told the publication in an interview
As the company increases production, raw material security is also on its radar
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The potential deal could value the business at $8 billion, said a report, rivaling an earlier bid by Swiss commodities giant Glencore
"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
The company's profit in the June quarter was, however, lower than Rs 3,741 crore in the previous quarter
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JSW Steel is aiming to nearly double its capacity to 50 million tonnes in the next three years, chairman Sajjan Jindal said on Thursday. The city-headquartered company is also aiming to shift to renewable sources of power to fire the entire 50 million tonnes of production, Jindal said speaking at an event organized by the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society late on Thursday evening. Today, at JSW Steel we are at 28 million tonnes capacity and next year we will be 37 million tonnes capacity and (in) three years' time we will be 50 million tonnes capacity, he said. He said the company is also paying a lot of emphasis on sustainability and has devised a plan to completely shift its power usage to renewable sources. "At JSW Steel, we would probably be the first steel company in the world which will be 50 million tonnes capacity and operate 100 per cent on renewable power, that is the plan we are doing, Jindal said. Jindal said as the company goes ahead with its planned capacity ...
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