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India's Other Steel Giant Looks Abroad - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Tata Steel, part of the sprawling Tata conglomerate whose interests include cars, telecommunications, software consulting, hotels and consumer goods, said Thursday it was considering a bid for Anglo-Dutch rival Corus (nyse: CGA - news - people), illustrating the pressure the steel industry feels to consolidate. |
 | | Tata stressed that a bid for Corus, which was formed in 1999 through the merger of British Steel and Hoogovens, was only one of the options it was considering and there was no certainty an approach would be forthcoming. |
 | | Tata said a year ago that he was now looking at opportunities to invest in steel companies in developed countries, "but we are making sure that we have secure access to raw materials because I really believe that owners of iron ore are going to rule the industry. |
| www.forbes.com /business/2006/10/05/tata-corus-steel-markets-equity-cx_cn_1005corus.html (426 words) |