Wuhan Iron & Steel gets Australian approval for Centrex investment

By Daniel Inman | 6 November 2009
Keywords: wisco | wuhan iron steel | firb | centrex metals | centrex | acquisition
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Centrex will receive a capital boost of up to $245 million, while Wuhan Iron will get a 60% stake in the Australian company's iron deposits on the Eyre Peninsula.

Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has given approval to an investment by Wuhan Iron & Steel (Wisco) into South Australian iron-ore company Centrex Metals, according to a Centrex announcement yesterday.

The deal is worth up to A$271 million ($245 million) and will allow Wisco, China's third largest steel company, to acquire a 60% stake in five iron-ore tenements along the Eyre Peninsula that are owned by Centrex.

The transaction already has approval from China's National Development and Reform Council.

Wisco's stake in the iron ore ...

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