India economic boom lures investment from Nippon Steel venture

Country aims to more than double production capacity by 2030

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Nippon Steel is putting up two new blast furnaces at its steelworks in Gujarat. (Photo by Arata Shigeno)

ARATA SHIGENO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- India's growing economy is attracting big investments from Japan's Nippon Steel and other steelmakers, who are hoping to cash in on the government's plans to boost steel production capacity 2.5-fold from 2015 levels to 300 million tonnes by 2030.

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