Xstrata has made an all-cash bid for privately held Canadian miner First Coal Corp. with an offer valuing the firm at USD 153 million. Xstrata, the fourth largest global diversified miner, said the board of First Coal had unanimously recommended the deal, which will give it access to coking coal exploration leases in Canada’s British Columbia region.
Xstrata will offer CAD 1.75 per share. Xstrata’s coal division is the world’s largest exporter of thermal coal and a large producer of high-quality coking coal and semi-soft coal. It has mines in Australia, South Africa and Colombia and an exploration project in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Xstrata will offer CAD 1.75 per share. Xstrata’s coal division is the world’s largest exporter of thermal coal and a large producer of high-quality coking coal and semi-soft coal. It has mines in Australia, South Africa and Colombia and an exploration project in Nova Scotia, Canada.