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Clock ticks on BlueScope’s dibs at South32’s $2.5b coal sale; DD afoot
BlueScope Steel, the country’s largest listed steelmaker, is in due diligence at South32’s Illawarra Metallurgical Coal, as it considers a potential $US1.65 billion ($2.5 billion) bid for the asset which feeds its Port Kembla steelmaking operations.
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