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Monday, August 4, 2008

ArcelorMittal to Construct $600 Million Steel Plant in Mexico

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By Simon Casey

Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, said it plans to invest $600 million building a new mill in Mexico.

The mill will produce 1 million metric tons a year of steel billet and have a bar rolling capacity of 500,000 tons, Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal said today in a statement distributed by Business Wire.

Arcelor Mittal also agreed to acquire the Koppers' Monessen coke plant in Pennsylvania from Koppers Inc. for $160 million, ArcelorMittal said in a separate statement.

To contact the reporter on this story: Simon Casey in London at scasey4@bloomberg.net


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