Japanese and Chinese firms spend $1.0 billion for Grande Cache Coal

Albertan metallurgical coal producer, Grande Cache Coal (TSX:GCE), was acquired by a Japanese and Chinese firms for about $1.0 billion.

The purchase, announced on Monday, represented a 112% premium over the 20-day volume weighted average trading price of the company’s common shares.

Shares of Grande Cache Coal shot up 66% on the news.

The new owners are Winsway Coking Coal Holdings Limited and Marubeni Corporation.

Winsway is a Hong Kong listed public company, which imports coking coal for the Chinese steel industry.

Marubeni is a large Japanese trading house involved in metals and mineral resources, transportation machinery, energy related commodities, food, textiles, materials, pulp and paper and chemicals.

Grande Cache Coal, based in Alberta, produces metallurgical coal. It holds leases covering over 22,000 hectares with an estimated 346 million tonnes of coal resources in the Smoky River Coalfield located in west-central Alberta.

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