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This page provides some benchmarks for acquisitions and
disposals during the telecommunication booms and busts
of the past twenty years.
metals
Recent mining and smelting sector landmarks are -
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Union Pacific Resources acquires Norcen Energy Resources
for C$3.7 billion in 1998
- Thyssen
and Krupp Hoesch merge in 1998
- Kerr-McGee
pays US$3.2bn for Westport Resources
- Alcan
acquires Alusuisse for C$6.4bn in 1999
- Corus
formed through US$2.7bn merger of British Steel with
Koninklijke Hoogovens in 1999
- Newmont
buys Normandy for US$2.2bn in 2000
- Rio
Tinto buys North for $3.5bn in 2000
- Conoco
buys Gulf Canada Resources for C$6.7bn in 2001
- Conoco
acquires Homestake Mining for C$3bn in 2001
- BHP
and Billiton merge in $58 billion deal in 2001
- Alberta
Energy merges with PanCanadian Energy in C$8.9bn deal
as EnCana Corp in 2002
- NKK
merges with Kawasaki Steel in 2002
- Alcan
acquires France's Pechiney for C$6.3bn in 2003
- Mittal
buys International Steel for US$4.5bn in 2004
- Noranda
acquires Falconbridge for C$3bn in 2005
- Inco
buys Falconbridge for US$10.9bn in 2005
- Mittal
Steel pays US$4.8bn for Kryvorizhstal in 2005
- Arcelor
acquires Dofasco for C$5.6bn in 2006
- Glamis
Gold acquires Western Silver for C$1.2bn in 2006
Historic
landmarks include -
- Krupp
acquires Hoesch in 1992
-
BHP acquires Utah group for $2.4bn in 1984
- BHP
buys 50% of John Lysaght Australia in 1969
- August
Thyssen-Hütte acquires Phoenix-Rheinrohr in 1964
- Krupp
acquires Bochumer Verein für Gussstahlfabrikation
in 1960
- Thyssen
acquires Deutsche Edelstahlwerke in 1957
- Thyssen
acquires Niederrheinische Hütte in 1956
- BHP
acquires Australian Iron & Steel (AIS) in 1935
- merger
of American Tin Plate, American Steel & Wire, National
Tube, Carnegie Steel and Federal Steel to create United
States Steel, capitalized at US$1.46bn in 1901
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