Unite pointed out that Labour has pledged 3 billion pound for UK steel if elected next month, a commitment secured by the trade union
Tata Steel on Thursday said it is in talks with the Dutch government on a proposed decarbonisation roadmap for the company's factory in the Netherlands. The company's statement came after reports said that the Netherlands may provide as much as 3 billion euro (3.26 billion dollar) for the green transformation of the steel major's IJmuiden factory, which has caused serious health and environmental problems in the adjoining area. "...the company is in discussions with the Dutch Government on the proposed decarbonization roadmap," Tata Steel said in a stock exchange filing. The Dutch Parliament had in March formally gave a mandate to the government to negotiate the terms of potential support towards a proposal for decarbonisation in Tata Steel Nederland. Eventually, the Dutch government has formulated a detailed framework of diligence, analysis, discussions and negotiations with the steel major, which will run over several months before potentially culminating in an agreed set of ...
Ratings firm CreditSights on Monday said it expects the credit metrics of Tata Steel to improve in the ongoing fiscal aided by factors like infrastructure-led domestic steel demand and lower coking coal prices. Tata Steel last week reported a 64.59 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 554.56 crore for the March quarter from Rs 1,566.24 crore in the year-ago period, mainly on account of lower realisations and expenses on certain exceptional items. In a report, CreditSights -- a FitchSolutions company -- said it expects Tata Steel's credit metrics to improve meaningfully in FY25, with net leverage projected to improve, driven by robust EBITDA growth and lower capex. "We expect total FY25 EBITDA to grow robustly year-on-year in the mid 20 per cent range, supported by robust infrastructure-led domestic steel demand, very slight recovery in steel price realizations aided by robust domestic demand...lower coking coal input costs that could offset higher iron ore input costs,"
Loss of jobs for around 2,500 workers at Tata Steel's operations in the UK, which are in a transition phase, is "inevitable", the company's CEO T V Narendran said. Fear of job losses has attracted criticism of the workers' unions and they are continuously protesting against the company in the UK. India-based Tata Steel owns the UK's largest steelworks of 3 million tonne per annum (MTPA) at Port Talbot in South Wales and employs around 8,000 people across all its operations in that country. As part of its decarbonisation plan, the company is shifting to low-emission electric arc furnace (EAF) process from the blast furnace (BF) route which is nearing its end of life cycle. Speaking to PTI, Narendran said the transition to EAF with the UK government aid will make the company competitive in terms of reduced production cost, and also help in reduction of 5 million tonnes of Co2 per year. "But all this involves 2,500 job losses and that is what the unions obviously are not happy with.
Chinese exports of steel into India were a 'growing concern,' Narendran said, as India turned net importer in the fiscal year that ended in March
The decision follows seven months of formal and informal national-level discussions with the UK Steel Committee (the multi-union forum) and its advisers, the company said
Around 1,500 Tata Steel workers based at two plants in Wales voted in favour of industrial action on Thursday over the company's plan to close its blast furnaces and shed 2,800 jobs. The Mumbai-headquartered steel major said it was disappointed over the move while consultation continues and pointed to significant irregularities in the ballot process in favour of strikes. While the company says its restructuring plans were important to sustain the business as it transforms to new electric technology, Unite the Union said its workers from the Port Talbot and Newport Llanwern plants had voted against the disastrous plans because they did not agree with the approach. We are naturally disappointed that while consultation continues, Unite Union members at Port Talbot and Llanwern have indicated that they would be prepared to take industrial action up to and including strike action if an agreement cannot be reached on a way forward for the business and its employees, a Tata Steel ...
Tata Steel UK will be closing its first blast furnace by mid-this year while the second furnace is planned to be shut down in the second half of 2024, he said
Tata Steel would consider additional future investments in its Port Talbot plant in the UK, if more government funding was made available, the company's Chief executive T V Narendran said on Wednesday. The UK government has already agreed to a 500 million pound package to support the loss-making steel plant which was facing shutdown over high carbon emission. The plant employs around 8,000 people. As part of its restructuring plan backed by the government funding, Tata Steel will replace the blast furnaces at the unit with electric furnaces to use recycled steel in order to reduce carbon emission. However, the installation of low-emission system will lead to a loss of 2,800 jobs as electric furnaces need less manpower. "The electric arc furnaces need not be the end, it is the beginning," Narendran told the Welsh Affairs Committee of the House of Commons. Earlier, steel unions had also suggested the UK government to put more money into securing the future of Tata Steel. The company
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) has posted manifold jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 108.95 crore in the December quarter, pushed by higher income. It had clocked a profit of Rs 11.04 crore in the October-December period of 2022-23 financial year, the company said in an exchange filing on Tuesday. The company's total income rose to Rs 695.02 crore over Rs 631.84 crore in the year ago quarter. Its expenses reduced to Rs 549.44 crore from Rs 605.61 crore in the third quarter a year ago. Subhrakant Panda, Managing Director, IMFA, said, "The third quarter earnings numbers are creditable in a difficult global environment where stainless steel demand has been muted and ferro chrome prices have softened, though costs have come down significantly too. The moderation in the Chinese economy has had an impact across the commodities spectrum but we do not expect any further downside." Bhubaneswar-based IMFA is a leading integrated producer of value added ferro chrome with ...
The closures are part of company's plan to transition to more sustainable, green steel business
Tata said it would offer a 130 million pound support package to help affected employees retrain and find new jobs
'Unions are obviously reflecting the sentiments of their members. One way to look at it is there are many jobs which are saved, but for the people who may be losing jobs, it's an emotional issue'
People familiar with the matter had said the firm was set to announce the restructuring of its operations at the Port Talbot site in south Wales
Tata Steel aims to complete decarbonisation journey at its plant in the UK in next three years, the company's CEO T V Narendran said. As part of its decarbonisation plan, the company will shift to low-emission electric arc furnace (EAF) process from the blast furnace (BF) route which is nearing the end of life in the next couple of months. India-headquartered Tata Steel owns the UK's largest steelworks of 3 million tonne per annum (MTPA) at Port Talbot in South Wales and employs around 8,000 people across all its operations in that country. "Consultation process with the unions is going. We also need a number of (other) permissions. Some of the infrastructure needs to be upgraded. There is a lot of work that needs to be done. It has already started. We are hoping that in the next three years we should complete the entire journey," Narendran told PTI. He made the remarks in reply to a question about the timeline for the company's decarbonisation plan, which Narendran had earlier sai
The UK government's 500 million pound financial package to Tata Steel UK is expected to narrow the steel maker's losses on the back of lowered production and environmental compliance costs, according to CreditSights. Tata Steel's credit profile could remain resilient even amid lacklustre steel price dynamics, aided by strong captive iron ore resources, expectations of moderating coking coal input costs, and positive signs of a gradual turnaround of its loss-making European business, the Fitch Group company said in a statement on Wednesday. The UK government has announced it will pay up to 500 million pounds to facilitate the green transition of steel maker's Port Talbot plant in South Wales, UK. This will entail replacing Port Talbot's blast furnaces with environmentally friendlier electric arc furnaces (EAF) for a total cost of 1.25 billion pounds. "We see the deal as a mild credit positive for Tata, and we believe losses at Tata Steel UK could narrow on the back of lowered ...
The company will also have to consult unions and other stakeholders during this process and that could take up to two months
Tata Steel ED & CFO, Koushik Chatterjee, discusses how the structural issues of the plant are going to be fixed and impact of carbon border adjustment mechanism
Tata group chairman, N Chandrasekaran, said the agreement with the UK Government was a defining moment for the future of the steel industry and indeed the industrial value chain in the UK
Another three employees were fired for sexual misconduct, taking the total tally to 38