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Tata Steel confronted a twin problem, marked by impairment fees and restructuring provisions associated to its UK enterprise. Its different challenges embody overcapacity, financial uncertainties, excessive mounted prices, legacy liabilities, and commerce tariffs. Economic components, equivalent to fluctuating demand and Brexit add to the complexity. High mounted prices and legacy liabilities are tough to cut back within the quick time period, and commerce tariffs impression exports and imports. The firm has continued to categorical issues relating to the sustainability of its European enterprise, citing inadequate money movement and liquidity. Tata Steel’s thriving Indian operations and the struggles in Europe current a stark distinction. While India maintains a wholesome revenue margin, Europe lags behind. A good portion of the impairment and restructuring prices pertained to the decarbonisation venture undertaken within the UK as a part of a £1.25 billion funding with the UK authorities. This initiative entails the institution of a 3 million tonne electrical arc furnace (EAF) on the Port Talbot facility, designed to exchange current carbon-intensive belongings. As a consequence, Tata Steel determined to impair these heavy-end belongings, incurring an impairment cost of ₹2,631 crore. The transition to EAF know-how is anticipated to yield substantial financial savings, together with carbon price reductions within the vary of £50–60 per tonne. To help this endeavour, Tata Steel intends to make investments £750 million within the EAF venture, complemented by a £500 million grant from the U.Okay. authorities, with the plant slated to turn out to be operational inside 36 months. Additionally, the corporate made provisions of ₹2,425 crore for restructuring bills, encompassing potential asset closures and redundancy prices. Tata Steel additionally accounted for provisions amounting to ₹1,187 crore, particularly associated to previous service prices related to the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS). This determination adopted the completion of an insurance coverage buy-in for the BSPS in the course of the earlier quarter, thereby lowering the pension-related dangers for Tata Steel U.Okay., the first sponsor of the pension scheme. One would keep in mind that Tata Steel’s try to merge with the German entity Thyssenkrupp failed, mainly due to the substantial pension obligations related to the German firm. So is that this an indicator of preparation for a hearth sale of the European section? The UK enterprise has been a millstone round its neck. Since the acquisition of Corus Plc (now, Tata Steel Europe) for $12 billion in 2007, Tata Steel has grappled with the problem of revitalising its operations, initially due to widespread inflow of competitively priced metal imports from China. The British authorities, cognisant of sustainability aims, was reluctant in extending help for coal-based metal manufacturing. Concurrently, points pertaining to the unavailability of gasoline assets and the escalation of vitality prices posed further obstacles. The Corus acquisition did bolster Tata Steel’s whole manufacturing capability to 18 million tonne of which Corus produced 10 million tonne. However, the UK enterprise’ manufacturing has since dwindled to 3 million tonne, whereas Indian operations now boast an annual manufacturing capability of 21 million tonne. Ever since its acquisition, there have been struggles, not simply monetary ones. It struggled with pricing energy available in the market. Then the corporate confronted labour struggles, which it later overcame. Tata Steel efficiently executed a considerable deleveraging technique between fiscal years 2020 and 2022. From its peak of roughly ₹1 lakh crore in FY20, the online debt has been almost halved to ₹51,049 crore (March 2022). Tata Steel’s profitable debt discount and impressive plans to develop its Indian manufacturing capability to 40 million tonne by 2030, point out a transparent strategic shift in direction of prioritising the Indian market. One is aware of the lengthy financial cycles of commodity companies equivalent to metal. But for shareholders, the continued ache, on account of a possible deadwood within the portfolio, makes it unattainable to swallow metal. Shareholders can not however wonder if the European enterprise is a sustainable and worthwhile enterprise. Is this one other pet venture akin to the Nano? But then, at what price to non-promoter shareholders? The persistent ache and fixed right-sound-byte signaling about issues across the European section want a closure, and it’s essential to decide the trail ahead. The query that one confronts is- can it have a sustainable and worthwhile existence? If so, how way more time and treasured capital can be wanted? After all, in enterprise, success is just not solely decided by realizing when to enter a market or enterprise, but in addition by the knowledge of realizing when to exit. They can’t simply make metal, they want to make sustained earnings too. Disclaimer: This is just not an funding recommendation. Please refer to a registered funding advisor earlier than taking any funding determination. Srinath Sridharan is a coverage researcher & company advisor.

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Corus Corporate Finance nel passaggio del Gruppo Eurocart ad Hamburger Recycling (Prinzhorn Group)
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Hamburger Recycling (filiale del gruppo austriaco Prinzhorn) ha firmato un contratto per l’acquisizione di Eurocart (e della società collegata Berica Recuperi), con sede a Vicenza e specializzata nella raccolta e smaltimento di rifiuti non pericolosi. La società opera su tre stabilimenti impiega 130 dipendenti ed ha una capacità di raccolta e trattamento annua di 239mila tonnellate di carta da riciclare ed altre materie prime secondarie. Eurocart continuerà a operare con la sua attuale denominazione. La transazione è soggetta all’’autorizzazione e all’approvazione delle autorità competenti. L’acquisizione di Eurocart incrementerà la capacità di Hamburger Recycling di carta riciclata a 2,1 milioni tonnellate all’anno. Hamburger Recycling gestisce 39 centri di riciclaggio in 13 Paesi. GLI ADVISOR
I soci di Eurocart sono stati assistiti da Corus Corporate Finance come advisor finanziario con un team composto da Luca Maccagnani Castelli (managing partner), Umberto Rossi (director) ed Emily Favaretto (associate). Per gli aspetti legali, i venditori sono stati assistiti da Studio Bellora & Associati, con un team guidato dall’Avv. Marco Bellora. Hamburger Recycling è stato assistito dallo studio legale CMS con un team di lavoro composto dal partner Mauro Battistella, dalla senior associate Sara Porta e dall’associate Elena Cini. Baker Tilly ha supportato l’acquirente per la due diligence finanziaria e fiscale. I DETTAGLI
“Eurocart rappresenta il partner ideale per la nostra strategia di crescita e sostenibilità, mediante l’apporto di volumi aggiuntivi ed un ampliamento delle nostre relazioni commerciali che ci permetteranno di rafforzarci ulteriormente come partner e fornitore affidabile sul mercato internazionale dell’industria cartaria e della produzione di combustibili alternativi”. Andreas Walser, amministratore delegato del gruppo Hamburger Recycling, ha dichiarato. Lionello Olivieri, azionista di Eurocart, ha dichiarato: “Hamburger Recycling Group è il partner ideale per implementare i nostri progetti e affrontare le nuove sfide nel settore della gestione dei rifiuti. Gli investimenti per la crescita, l’integrazione e lo sviluppo delle nostre relazioni commerciali internazionali garantiranno ulteriormente i posti di lavoro e rafforzeranno la nostra posizione sul mercato italiano”.

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Until the goal and the assist that he gave to Madrid, his last goal had been with Linares against the Corus team in the First RFEF
30 jul 2023 . Updated at 7:40 p.m. Neither Bellingham, nor Gndogan, nor Vinicius, nor Lewandowski. The proper name of the classic that was played in Dallas was that of Fermin Lpez. The young FC Barcelona player, barely 20 years old, made the most of the opportunity that Xavi gave him in the second half of the match to materialize 25 extraordinary minutes, in which he had time to score the goal that sentenced the clash since the pass that he took advantage of came out of his boots Ferran Torres to close the win (3-0). I have caught the ball, I have seen the goal and I have pushed forward. I have hit her with my soul and she has gone inside her. I have remembered all the bad times and my people. I dedicate my goal to all of them. I’m living a dream, I can’t believe what has happened, said Fermn as soon as the game against Real Madrid finished. It was not the first time that an entire league champion had crushed. In the last season, Fermn, born 20 years ago in El Campillo (Huelva), served on loan at the Linares of the First Federation There they faced Deportivo on the penultimate day. After the Corueses went ahead in the first half with goals from Xavier y zalazarthe midfielder, who played on the left, opened his team’s comeback to put an end to the Blue and Whites’ last chance to fight for first place in the league. Fermin Lpez He then began to capture everything he dreamed of as a child in La Masa, which he had come to from the Betis in 2016. The one that endorsed Dpor had been his twelfth league goal, a not inconsiderable figure for someone who does not play as a striker. In Dallas against Madrid I entered the field in the 66th minute to play a match section that seemed frantic. The whites pressed, and he had the mission of maintaining the pressure in the opposite field that Xavi likes so much. He did it, and in that function he found the prize of the goal with an unappealable kick, as well as a luxury assist for Ferran in the final stretch that the Valencian did not miss. Thus, the ex-soccer player from Linares slipped into a party in which he was not among the most acclaimed, but in which he ended up being the king. He is a talented footballer, last pass and who dominates both legs. He can play for both profiles. He has a lot of personality, hunger and desire. When I see him train I think I have to give him minutes, he deserves them, said the Barça coach, who stated that he can help a lot this season, while confirming his jump to the first team, although his file will remain linked to the subsidiary, from which he could return to meet the next course with the Dpor. The academy player asks for a step in a Barcelona that is advancing towards the end of its preseason after giving Madrid the first slap in the face, and that is going to need a depth of squad to face the challenge of making a leap in quality in the Champions League. Another challenge that Fermn is also up for. Filed in: FC Barcelona Real Madrid Deportivo

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Two ex-Keppel FELS employees fined for accepting overseas trips to China and Japan as bribes
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SINGAPORE: Two former Keppel FELS employees were fined on Friday (Feb 17) for accepting bribes from a supplier in the form of overseas trips with their wives. Former senior sub-contract manager at Keppel FELS Tan Seng Cheh, 64, was fined S$85,000 and given a penalty of S$3,672.35. He paid the total sum in full. Tan pleaded guilty to one count of accepting a bribe, with another three charges taken into consideration. Ex-senior general manager of group procurement at Keppel FELS Wong Kok Seng, 72, was fined S$15,000 after pleading guilty to one count of taking bribes. The court heard that both men accepted bribes in the form of overseas trips from co-accused Thong Chee Kong, 52. Thong was regional manager of Corus South East Asia, a major supplier for Keppel FELS in the steel trading industry. Steel trading is a unique industry in Singapore, which does not have its own steel mills. Keppel FELS, a shipbuilding company and a subsidiary of Keppel Corporation's offshore and marine arm, had to get its steel supply from trading companies such as Corus. Corus would obtain steel from its own suppliers, and both Thong and Tan found it important to maintain a good working relationship. To maintain the relationship, Thong arranged and paid for Tan's expenses for three overseas trips worth about S$53,700. One of the trips was to Japan in 2008. Tan went on a holiday with his wife and two sons, with Thong paying for Tan's expenses using funds from Corus. Tan contravened Keppel FELS' policy on business travel, code of business conduct and employee code of conduct and did not declare the trip to his company. In 2006, Thong invited the other Keppel FELS employee, Wong, for a trip to China. Wong accepted the invitation so that his company would benefit from the networking. He took his wife on the trip as well, and Thong paid for their expenses worth S$5,850. The case went cold for more than a decade after Thong absconded. He returned to Singapore in March 2022 and the three men were charged. Wong has voluntarily surrendered S$5,850 to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, while Tan surrendered S$50,000. Thong's case is pending.

Two ex-Keppel FELS employees fined for accepting overseas trips to China and Japan as bribes

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