Nippon Steel to cut capex 10% due to slowdown over trade war

Move may induce other companies to also reduce expenditures

20190829 NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

Nippon Steel will postpone a planned blast furnace upgrade at its subsidiary's plant in Hiroshima Prefecture.

AZUSA KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Nippon Steel plans a 10% cut in its planned capital spending of 1.7 trillion yen ($16 billion) for three years through fiscal 2020, as the steel market slumps due to increased Chinese production and fallout from the U.S.-China trade war.

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