Industrial Minerals


Vale wants to privatise its fertiliser unit Vale Fertilizantes

27 June 2011

by Alex Feytis

Vale to make proposal on Thursday to acquire 100% of fertiliser subsidiary

Keywords: Vale, Vale Fertilizantes, Fosfertil, Bunge, phosphate, potash

Brazil’s Vale SA plans to privatise its fertiliser subsidiary Vale Fertilizantes SA by making a public offer to acquire 100% of the minority shareholders for R2.2bn. ($1.39bn), the company revealed.

 

“The proposal is aligned with Vale’s strategy to maximise shareholder value by consolidating the fertiliser assets in order to capture the existing synergies within Vale´s asset portfolio,” the company said.

 

The public offer to acquire...