2023.08.22
Top steelmaker POSCO to buy 50 pct stake in Indonesian affiliate
Yonhap - South
Korea's top steelmaker POSCO will acquire a 50 percent stake in an Indonesian
affiliate in an effort to boost the efficiency of its steel business, the steel
giant's parent firm said Friday.
POSCO is slated to
purchase 739,900 shares in PT.Krakatau POSCO for 888.1 billion won (US$663
million) on Sept. 30, POSCO Holdings Inc. said in a regulatory filing.
The purpose of the
stake purchase is designed to help make its steel business more efficient as a
follow-up on last year's physical division of the steelmaking group, POSCO
Holdings said.
In March 2022, POSCO
Group launched POSCO Holdings as the group's holding firm through a physical
division as part of efforts to reorganize its future business portfolio.
POSCO Holdings owns
100 percent of steelmaker POSCO, which has retained its company name after the
division but has gone private.
Source: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230818007900320?section=k-biz/index