Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.

We have no intention of shutting down plants. We have always said there will be no redundancies or lay-offs as a result of this merger.

We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel.

The danger, though - and there have been signs of this recently - is that Europe begins to demonstrate a return to more nationalist sentiment. To my mind, that would be a great mistake.

We have experienced highly challenging global market conditions in the past quarter with significant steel price decline in all regions.

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.