“I am delighted to announce the appointment of Paramjit Kahlon as chief executive officer, primary steel and integrated mining. Paramjit is one of the world’s top steel executives whose experience will be invaluable as we execute our global strategy, drive synergies across the group and achieve carbon neutrality by 2030,” said Liberty executive chairman Sanjeev Gupta. 

In the newly created role, Kahlon will have oversight of Liberty’s primary steelmaking and mining operations in Ostrava in the Czech Republic, Galati in Romania, and Whyalla and Tahmoor in Australia.

His 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, direct reduced iron and electric arc furnaces, the company said. 

“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,” Kahlon said.