COMPANY PRODUCT INQUIRY INFORMATION COMMUNITY
NEWS
Welcome to Wanjoo Metals       HOME > CUSTOMER CENTER > NEWS
TITLE  Hebei Steel in Talks to Invest $6 Billion in Brazil
WRITER   administrator DATE   2010-03-03 19:11:47
Hebei Steel in Talks to Invest $6 Billion in Brazil
03 Mar 2010

Hebei Iron & Steel Group is in talks to invest $6 billion in an iron ore project in Brazil, Sina.com reported, citing an executive it didn¡¯t identify.

Hebei Steel is seeking a large stake in the project, the report said, without giving details or naming the Brazilian partner. Hebei Steel is also looking for coal projects in Ukraine and Mongolia, the report said.

¡°We don¡¯t have any information that can be disclosed at the stage¡± about the Brazilian project, Tian Zhiping, Vice President of Hebei Steel, said by phone to Bloomberg.

Hebei Steel halted a plan to buy a stake in Australian miner Aurox Resources Ltd., the report also said. The steelmaker earlier had agreed to buy 3 million metric tons of iron ore a year from Aurox, it said.

¡°There is no deal to sell a stake to Hebei Steel,¡± Aurox secretary Craig Ferrier said in a phone interview from Perth today. ¡°There hasn¡¯t been one. We¡¯d be most happy to have Hebei Steel as a shareholder or participate in the project but there certainly isn¡¯t a deal in place for that.¡±

A binding contract to sell ore to Hebei Steel remains, he said.

Resouced from www.bloomberg.com
[ L I S T ]
WanJoo Metals All rights reserved.
TEL : +82-2-585-2581, 2571,   FAX : +82-2-585-2587, 8799
FL.2 DaedeokPlaza Bldg, 206, Geumgok-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 463-480, Korea