Tata Steel to invest big in India and Europe operations

TV Narendran, CEO of Tata Steel, has said that the company is planning a capital expenditure of Rs 12,000 crore on its India and Europe operations during the current financial year. The domestic steel major plans to invest Rs 8,500 crore in India and Rs 3,500 crore in the company's operations in Europe. In India, the focus will be on the Kalinganagar project expansion and mining activity, and in Europe, it will be focused on sustenance, product mix enrichment, and environment-related capex. The company is in the process of expanding the capacity of its plant in Kalinganagar, Odisha to 8 MT from 3 MT. In addition to this, Tata Steel will be spending about Rs 12,000 crore on inorganic growth in India in the NINL acquisition. Tata Steel through its wholly-owned subsidiary Tata Steel Long Products Limited (TSLP), completed the acquisition of Odisha-based one Million Tonne Per Annum (MTPA) steel mill NINL for a considerable amount of Rs 12,000 crore.Also read: Tata Steel: India’s Most Admired Construction BrandWelspun Corp and Tata Steel enter a green energy partnership