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Clock ticks on BlueScope’s dibs at South32’s $2.5b coal sale; DD afoot

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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.

BlueScope boss Mark Vassella.  

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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com
Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au
Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com

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