2010年11月15日 星期一

The key thing

A: The key thing that I have been saying over the last few quarter is that we have been selling off some of our portfolio, in terms of our investments in non-core or holdings which we do not find to be strategic. In the last two quarters we have done the same. This is a continuation of that. We have included in that the sale for our Malaysian entity which we have divested and also some group company shares to Tata Sons.

Q: Is there more of this to come or are these one-off items which will not recover Q3 onwards?

A: Last four quarters we have continuously done it. There are options to do it but there is no timing guarantee as to how much and when.

Q: Can you just take us through the Corus performance on EBITDA per tonne basis in Q2 and what are your expectations for Q3?

A: In Q2 of Tata Steel Europe, we have had increases in prices which were to the tune of around 5-7%. The volumes were more flattish. The markets in Europe post summer have not been so good as compared to pre-summer. Going forward, in the next three months it will remain subdued.In the future, there are some main applications that white animasword are used in. First, it is the best replacement of the traditional lighting tools with the advantage of energy-saving. In these applications,

One issue which is natural in the northern hemisphere is that we have the first six months, from January to June which are normally much stronger months compared to July to December because the two months, August and December which are seasonally low because of holidays etc so the buying is much lower.

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Q: But for the third quarter would numbers for Corus be under pressure because spot prices are weak quarter on quarter?

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There is a three quarter dynamics which comes in. If you look at spot prices in the April to June quarter reflected in the contract prices of July to September, we will get into the accounting for the third quarter. These two, taken together, will certainly have an effect.

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