Liberty is part of an international Group of companies originating from a manufacturing
base established in the Indian sub-continent during the 1950s.
Today the Group has activities in commodity trading, distribution and real
estate development, aside from its core activity of steel production and steel
trading.
Group net assets are now in excess of three hundred million US dollars in book
value and over a billion US dollars in market valuation. Annual turnover
exceeds two billion US dollars, with an employee base of about 1500 in over
20 countries. Steel turnover in 2007 was in excess of two million metric tonnes.
Group companies in Nigeria, under the banner of African Steel Mills, produce
about 170,000 mt of billets, with rolling mills producing over 200,000 mt of
de-bars, angles and channels. Two further new mini mills are under construction
in Lagos and Abuja, which will take our combined steel making and rolling in
Nigeria to about 600,000 mt. Various other industrial projects in other
sectors all come together to make the Group a significant contributor to the
development of the Nigerian economy.
A 400,000 mt steel mill is under construction in Romania to produce billets,
coupled with a rolling mill to roll debars, wire rods and profiles.
Also under development are a Cold Rolling + Galvanizing Mill in Ghana, a Billet
Plant in Morocco, a Billet plant + Rolling Mill in India, a Service Centre
+ Pipe Mill in Czech Republic and an Iron Ore Mine in Iran.
Trading and distribution activities are spread over the world. The Group has
offices in over 20 countries including the U.K., Italy, Romania, Czech Republic,
Montenegro, Russia, Ukraine, India, U.A.E., Iran, Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Ghana,
Morocco, China, Singapore, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, USA and Canada.




