Rio Tinto (RIO) is set to acquire Mitsubishi's 11.65% interest in Boyne Smelters, taking its interest in the venture to 73.5%.
Boyne, which owns and operates the Boyne Island aluminium smelter in Gladstone, Australia, is a joint venture between Rio Tinto, YKK Aluminium and others. In late May, Rio signed a deal to buy Sumitomo Chemical's 2.46% interest in the venture. The purchase from Sumitomo Chemical and the completion of the deal with Mitsubishi will see Rio's interest in Boyne increase to 73.5%, the Australian miner said.
(Reuters) -Italy's Newlat Food has agreed to buy Princes for 700 million pounds ($892 million) to add the British company's tinned fish and Napolina sauces to its range and create the food sector's first Milan-based "unicorn" - or billion-dollar startup. Newlat's shares were up 7.4% at 1022 GMT. Newlat said it would pay 650 million pounds in cash, plus 50 million pounds from the sale of shares in parent Newlat Group, to Princes' current owner Mitsubishi Corporation.