BENGALURU, Aug 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) - An Indian tycoon has a powerful motive to throw himself into some global mining M&A.
Sajjan Jindal is looking to pull together a consortium to take a 75% stake in the coal unit of Canadian miner Teck Resources (TECKb.TO), according to Bloomberg.
Such a move would pit his $23 billion Mumbai-listed JSW Steel (JSTL.NS) against a rival $8 billion bid by Swiss commodities giant Glencore (GLEN.L).
In North America, JSW already has steel plants in Ohio and Texas, and coal mining facilities in West Virginia.
Anchoring a consortium bid makes sense but if push comes to shove, Indian tycoons can afford to be aggressive interlopers.
Persons:
Sajjan Jindal, Jindal, JSW, Una Galani, Thomas Shum
Organizations:
Reuters, Teck Resources, Bloomberg, Tata Steel, Steel Authority of India, South, JSW, Elk Valley Resources, Deloitte, Chamber of Commerce, Thomson
Locations:
BENGALURU, Teck, Mumbai, India, JSW, Australia, Ukraine, North America, Ohio, Texas, West Virginia, Teck Resources, Elk Valley, Elk