Nippon Steel to buy Thai steelmakers in deal worth up to US$763m
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[TOKYO] Japan's biggest steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp will buy two electric arc furnace steelmakers in Thailand in a deal worth up to US$763 million, it said on Friday, as it seeks to cut its reliance on blast furnaces that use coking coal and emit carbon dioxide.
Nippon Steel will pay about US$300 million to buy stakes in Thai steelmakers G Steel and GJ Steel. The total cost of the acquisition will be up to US$763 million, a spokesperson told Reuters.
The company was in talks to buy a steel mill in Southeast Asia to secure iron-making resources in the growing market, a senior executive told Reuters in November.
REUTERS
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