Kruppstahl and the mysterious Mr Gupta

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“Who is Sanjeev Gupta?” asked the BBC in April 2016 when the Indian-born former commodity trader came from nowhere to launch a daring bid on Tata Steel’s UK operations. By the end of the year, he was “the man who can save the British steel industry". With ferocious speed Gupta had bought and reopened steel mills, aluminum smelters, and scrap metal plant…