Industrial Minerals


Vale in $3.8bn phosphates bid

15 January 2010

by Mark Watts

Mining giant in talks with Bunge over acquiring 42% stake in Fosfertil

Keywords: Vale, Bunge, Fosfertil, phosphates, fertiliser

Brazil’s Vale SA is in discussions with Bunge Ltd on a proposed $3,800m. acquisition of the US agribusiness group’s Brazilian fertiliser assets.

 

The proposed acquisition includes Bunge’s 42.3% stake in fertiliser group Fertilizantes Fosfatados SA (Fosfertil), which operates several phosphate mines and manufacturing...