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Tata Steel Targets ₹11,500 Crore Cost Reductions Across Global Operations

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Business 19 May 2025 11:07 AM IST Economic Times

Tata Steel plans ₹11,500 cr global cost cuts.

Focus on operational, fixed cost savings.

Supports green steel, expansion goals.

Tata Steel has announced plans to implement cost-saving measures amounting to ₹11,500 crore (approximately $1.3 billion) across its global operations over the next 12 to 18 months. This initiative focuses on reducing controllable expenses to enhance profitability and efficiency.

Executive Director and CFO Koushik Chatterjee detailed the company's cost transformation program during a recent analyst call. The strategy includes operational efficiencies, supply chain optimization, and fixed cost reductions in India, the UK, and the Netherlands.

In India, Tata Steel aims to achieve savings of ₹4,000 crore by improving key performance indicators, enhancing employee productivity, and investing in projects with low payback periods. The company also plans to optimize conversion costs by ₹1,000–1,200 per tonne. 

In the UK, the company intends to reduce fixed costs by 29% year-on-year, amounting to approximately £220 million. This will be achieved through measures such as optimizing substrate costs, upgrading IT infrastructure, and rationalizing downstream operations.

Tata Steel's operations in the Netherlands are also undergoing transformation to increase production efficiency and reduce fixed costs. The company is engaging with Dutch trade unions and the government to support these initiatives, particularly in the context of decarbonization efforts.