Malaysia's Lion Industries to take over Megasteel for $157.7m

Malaysia's Lion Industries to take over Megasteel for $157.7m

A worker places a stainless steel container in a coil heater inside a manufacturing workshop in the suburb of Mira-Bhayander in Thane, Maharashtra, India, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Photographer: Vivek Prakash/Bloomberg

Bursa Malaysia-listed Lion Industries Corp Bhd (LICB) has, through its indirect unit Oriental Shield Sdn Bhd, has proposed to acquire flat steel producer Megasteel for RM537.73 million ($133 million), as part of an expansion plan into the business, it said in a stock filing on Tuesday.

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