Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal nears $610 million sale of South African steelmaker
South Africa's state development lender will pay R3 billion in cash and take on R7 billion of debt to control ArcelorMittal South Africa.
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South Africa's state development lender will pay R3 billion in cash and take on R7 billion of debt to control ArcelorMittal South Africa.
Billionaire Robert Gumede’s Tongaat Hulett rescue faces a fresh legal setback after South Africa’s Constitutional Court rejected the company’s final appeal over R517 million in disputed sugar-industry payments.
South Africa's IDC has doubled down on its R2.5 billion Tongaat Hulett commitment, converting its loan to equity in a bet that the 134-year-old sugar giant can be rescued.
ArcelorMittal SA, the country’s largest steel producer, has faced growing challenges from rising production costs, cheap imports, and unreliable rail services.