China eyes steel merger to create rival to ArcelorMittal

China eyes steel merger to create rival to ArcelorMittal

Steel pipes. Reuters.

China’s second- and sixth-largest steelmakers by output have entered restructuring talks, which analysts say could presage a merger that would create the nation’s biggest mill, and a company with the scale to rival the likes of ArcelorMittal SA.

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