thyssenkrupp AG (XTRA:TKA) said February 17, 2021 it was no longer considering selling its troubled steel unit to Liberty Steel Group, owned by Indian-British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta. "We opened the door for negotiations, but in the end our ideas about the corporate value and the structure of the transaction were far apart. We have therefore decided to end the talks," Thyssenkrupp's Chief Financial Officer Klaus Keysberg said in a statement. thyssenkrupp indicated it would hold on to the steel unit, saying it would focus efforts on addressing "the consequences of the corona pandemic and to make steel sustainably profitable and thus future-proof".