Baosteel-Wuhan merger unlikely to cut steel industry's overcapacity
Shanghai
THE creation of a steel powerhouse may give China more clout abroad and is unlikely to address the overcapacity that's confounding the global market.
Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp and Wuhan Iron & Steel Group Corp have agreed to merge their listed units in a union that would create the nation's biggest mill and a company with the scale to rival ArcelorMittal SA. Analysts from National Australia Bank Ltd to China Merchants Futures Co see little chance of the deal resulting in capacity cuts while Kallanish Commodities said the companies are even planning to start up new, more efficient plants.
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