India's JSW invests $500m to upgrade US steel mill

Capacity increase ducks trade crossfire between Trump and Modi

20180622N Hot rolled steel

Hot-rolled coil is made at a U.S. steel mill. JSW Steel's American investment comes as the Trump administration raises tariffs to benefit domestic industry.

ROSEMARY MARANDI, Nikkei staff writer

MUMBAI -- JSW Steel will spend up to $500 million to upgrade a newly acquired U.S. steel mill, expanding the Indian company's presence in the country amid trade tensions that have seen India raise tariffs on American exports.

The fresh outlays will modernize Acero Junction, located in the U.S. state of Ohio -- part of the country's so-called Rust Belt that has experienced a decades-long decline in manufacturing jobs.

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