It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?

It's difficult for them to do a deal at these levels.

I understand that this has taken a lot of politicians by surprise. But we believe that this is an important and right step for the steel industry.

It is true that we are interested in scale but there are very sound reasons for this.

If I go to a match it doesn't mean I want to buy the stadium or the club.

Production cutbacks have remained in place in the third quarter and this has helped to further reduce inventory levels worldwide.

We have experienced highly challenging global market conditions in the past quarter with significant steel price decline in all regions.

There will be no job cuts arising out of this merger in Europe - this is in the interest of jobs in Europe.

We have no intention of shutting down plants. We have always said there will be no redundancies or lay-offs as a result of this merger.