India's JSW Steel, Japan's JFE to invest $669 million to boost electrical steel output
JSW and JFE will equally fund a combined 19.66 billion rupees for the expansion through equity, JSW Steel said. The added capacity will be commissioned in phases from fiscal year 2028. The company did the specify the source of rest of the funds.
Cold rolled grain-oriented electrical steel is mainly used in energy applications, and is considered to be more energy efficient, reducing carbon emissions.
JSW JFE Electrical Steel will raise production of the steel at its Nashik plant to 250,000 tons per annum from the current 50,000 TPA, for which the two companies plan to invest 43 billion rupees.
The companies will invest the remaining 15.45 billion rupees to augment capacity of an upcoming facility in Vijayanagar to 100,000 TPA from an originally planned 62,000 TPA, JSW Steel said in an exchange filing.
JSW JFE's Nashik plant was bought in January from Germany's Thyssenkrupp in a 41.59 billion rupee deal.
($1 = 87.4070 Indian rupees)
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