Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Apollo to buy Xstrata aluminium unit for $1.15 bln

(Reuters) - Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc said on Wednesday it was selling its aluminium business to private equity firm Apollo Management for $1.15 billion cash.

Xstrata acquired the aluminium business through its purchase of Canadian miner Falconbridge last year and had been conducting a review to decide whether to use it as a platform to build a bigger aluminium operation or sell it.


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