View: Significant derisking event for Tata Steel, which has long struggled with its European operations. With lowering of external debt, it can explore both organic and inorganic opportunities domestically. We remain positive. Tata Steel Europe (TSE) and thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (TKA-SE) will merge their assets into a 50:50 JV. The resultant entity will be the 2nd largest European steelmaker with vertically integrated operations in Port Talbot (UK), Ijmuiden (Netherlands) and Duisburg (Germany), driving significant consolidation. Synergies of EUR 400-600mn are expected by FY20, driven mainly from the optimization of duplicate functions like admin, sales, and procurement, in addition to efficiencies in logistics and bundling of R&D; functions.