Tata Still Open to Sell UK Unit
India’s Tata Steel Ltd. plans to move to the next stage in the sale of its specialty steels unit in the UK after it received interest from several buyers as the Indian producer tries to sell unprofitable assets.
The sale process of its South Yorkshire-based unit is progressing well, while the company remains open to selling its Port Talbot plant, Group Executive Director Koushik Chatterjee told reporters in Mumbai after the company’s annual general meeting, Bloomberg reported. In July, Tata Steel said it entered into talks with companies including Germany’s Thyssenkrupp AGon a possible joint venture in Europe. It started separate sale processes for its specialty steels and Hartlepool pipe mills and is evaluating bids for its Port Talbot plant following Britain’s move to leave the European Union. Tata announced in March that it planned to sell its UK operations after years of losses, putting 15,000 jobs at risk. Tata Steel will “wait and watch” how the Brexit negotiations shape up and will continue its conversations with players such as Thyssenkrupp as part of its strategy for the European business, Chatterjee said. Discussions are ongoing with steel unions in the UK, as well as with trustees and the government on the pension plan, he said. The UK government is considering changing the country’s steel pension plan to aid the sale of Tata Steel’s units, parliamentary minutes showed in May. Tata Steel’s pension plan may have a deficit of between £700 million ($904 million) and 1.5 billion pounds, according to the minutes. The British Steel Pension Scheme said Friday that it doesn’t expect buyers of Tata Steel units in the UK to fund a deficit and an entry into the pension protection fund is the most likely outcome.
source: Financial Tribune
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