Bloomberg JSW Steel Ltd. became India’s largest steelmaker this year as production surged. It wants to get bigger still, much bigger. The Mumbai-based company plans two plants of 10 million metric tons each in the resource-rich states of Odisha and Jharkhand, part of a drive to more than double in size to 40 million tons by 2030, according to …

  Bloomberg Consumer confidence in South Korea rose by the most since 2013 as data suggested the economy is recovering and the nation began to move on from the impeachment of the president. The Bank of Korea’s monthly consumer sentiment index rose to 101.2 in April from 96.7 the previous month, indicating rising optimism, data released on Tuesday show. The …

  Bloomberg China has provided the clearest indication to date that it plans to lift the cap on how much foreign carmakers can own of their local joint ventures, putting pressure on Chinese carmakers to speed up the building of their own brands. In a joint release on Tuesday, the National Development and Reform Commission together with the science and …