ArcelorMittal to sell three US steel mills
Pittsburgh (Platts)--5 Feb 2016 538 pm EST/2238 GMT
ArcelorMittal intends to sell three US long carbon facilities, including ArcelorMittal LaPlace, Steelton and Vinton, the company said Friday.
"ArcelorMittal confirms it is in discussions concerning the sale of certain long product mills in the United States, including Steelton," a company spokesman said in a statement Friday. "These discussions may or may not result in an offer being accepted. The company appreciates the importance of such developments to employees and stakeholders and will give further updates as appropriate."
He declined to provide details on how the sale fits into the company's overall US strategy, where the company is in the selling process and if there has been any interest from buyers.
In its fourth-quarter and full-year financial results, ArcelorMittal announced an overall $7.9 billion loss for 2015, and said its operations in the NAFTA region had an operating loss of $741 million during Q4 2015, including impairments of $507 million, $200 million of which is related to the intended sale of the three long product mills.
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En el anterior trimestre ya provisionaron 200 millones de dolares en actualizar el valor de las tres fabricas que quieren vender en USA. Supongo que sera bastante dificil encontrar un comprador en estos momentos y tendran que dejar las fabricas a precio de saldo para que alguna compañia se anime a comprarlas. Ojala encontraran un comprador que pague un precio razonable y se pueda destinar ese dinero para reducir deduda.