Copper price: What’s in store for 2025
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Japan’s Itochu Corp said on Wednesday that it agreed with Brazil’s steel company Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) to buy a 10.74% stake in CSN’s iron ore unit CSN Mineracao (CM) from CSN for about 4.42 billion real ($769 million).
CM is the leading iron ore producer and distributor in Brazil. This is an additional investment as Itochu has indirectly invested 7.15% in CM since 2008, the Japanese trading company said in a statement.
($1 = 5.7508 reais)
(By Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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