Tribunal approves Duferco's acquisition of Highveld vanadium assets - 0 views
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xxx xxx on 15 Aug 08The Competition Tribunal on Friday announced that it had approved the sale of vertically integrated assets by South African steel producer Highveld Steel & Vanadium to Swiss firm Duferco Investment Partners. The deal formed part of the European competition regulatory body's conditions of the 2007 Highveld Steel acquisition by Evraz. Duferco's subsidiary, Vanchem Vanadium Products, would acquire Highveld Steel's Vanchem operations, as well as its 50% stake in South Africa Japan Vanadium and 350 ordinary shares in the Mapochs mine, which produced titaniferous magnetitic ore for Highveld Steel, and ore fines for Vanchem.