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Sterlite to buy US firm for $2.6 bn

Sterlite to buy US firm for $2.6 bn

Rediff.com31 May 2008

Sterlite Industies (India) on Saturday inked a definitive agreement to acquire the operating assets of Tucson-based Asarco LLC for $2.6 billion in cash, the largest buying abroad by an Indian company this year.Asarco, formerly known as American Smelting and Refining Company, is an over 100-year old company and is currently the third largest copper producer in the US.