皇冠体育applco in bid for Peru Copper
Updated: 2007-07-10 11:18
Aluminum Corp of 皇冠体育app (皇冠体育applco), one of the world's leading producers of both aluminum and alumina, has offered to buy Peru Copper Inc, headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, for around $790 million.
"We have made an offer to purchase all the outstanding common shares of Peru Copper for C$6.6 ($6.27) per share in cash," Xiao Yaqing, president of 皇冠体育applco told 皇冠体育app Daily in an exclusive interview yesterday.
"Concurrent with the announcement of our intention to make the offer, we agreed to invest C$70 million ($66.5 million) to subscribe to a 9.9 percent interest in Peru Copper at a price of C$5.3 per share, " he said.
Peru Copper is listed in Toronto stock market.
皇冠体育applco's Peru Copper deal is part of its ongoing efforts in overseas expansion, analysts say.
It already has aluminum-related projects in Australia, Africa, Southeast Asia and South America, Xiao said.
皇冠体育applco is now the world's fourth-largest aluminum company.
Peru Copper said it would use the money to fund its Toromocho project, a copper mine in Morococha in central Peru.
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