New CEO for Primary Steel and Integrated Mining

Paramjit Kahlon has been appointed CEO of Primary Steel and Integrated Mining within LIBERTY Steel Group.

Paramjit joins the GFG family with a reputation as one of the world’s top global steel executives, having held senior positions at ArcelorMittal between 2008-2019, including as Chief Technical Officer, Chief Operating Officer and more recently as CEO for CIS and the Middle East.

As CEO, he will have responsibility for bringing together all of LIBERTY’s primary steel making and integrated mining operations, located in Ostrava in the Czech Republic, Galati in Romania, and Whyalla and Tahmoor in Australia, into a global structure to drive synergies and operational efficiencies.

Our Executive Chairman, Sanjeev Gupta, said he was delighted to announce the Paramjit’s appointment and added his experience would be “invaluable as we execute our global strategy, drive synergies across the group and achieve carbon neutrality by 2030”.

Paramjit’s immediate focus will be on dealing with the COVID-19 crisis and then ensuring the operations are sustainable over the long term through investment in lower carbon technologies such as hydrogen, DRI and Electric Arc Furnaces.

He said he was “excited to be joining LIBERTY Steel Group at such a pivotal time in its development as a global steel player”.

“I look forward to working with Sanjeev and the team as we manage the current COVID-19 crisis and embark on our journey to deliver LIBERTY Steel Group’s unique vision to become carbon neutral by 2030,” Paramjit said.