Themes: Operational Restructuring
Period : 1980 - 2002
Organization : TISCO
Pub Date : 2002
Countries : India
Industry : Steel
By April 2001, TISCO had emerged as the world's lowest cost producer of steel. TISCO's operating cost at the
'hot metal' (liquid) stage was $75 per tonne. The company's cost per tonne of finished steel stood at $152 for the financial year ending March 2001.
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TABLE I
WSD's RANKING
Company |
Ranking |
Score |
TISCO |
1 |
131 |
Usinor (Russia) |
2 |
129 |
Posco (Korea) |
3 |
127 |
CSN (Brazil) |
4 |
123 |
Baosteel (China) |
5 |
121 |
China Steel (China) |
6 |
119 |
Gerdau (Brazil) |
7 |
118 |
Nucor (US) |
8 |
116 |
Car-Tech |
9 |
112 |
Nippon Steel (Japan) |
10 |
111 |
Severstal (Russia) |
10 |
111 |
Dofasco (US) |
11 |
109 |
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7] Operating costs; ownership of low-cost ore and coal; favorable location for procuring raw materials; skilled and productive workforce; price paid for electricity; high quality and niche products; degree of
'pricing power' with large steel buyers; dominant in region; balance sheet; borrowed funds and equity on a favorable basis; management is experienced, aggressive, proactive; low legacy (retired worker) costs; ongoing cost cutting efforts; cost position of nearby competitors; owns downstream steel-using businesses; domestic market growth rate; proportion of domestic sales.