Korea Zinc plans 10-for-1 stock split
Rival Young Poong and private equity firm MBK Partners have been trying to take over the world's biggest zinc refiner.
Much has been made of China’s insatiable appetite for the world’s natural resources but demand growth from another Asian giant is changing the dynamics of the global steel market. Indian demand for steel grew 10 percent last year, helping push global demand to a record 1.4 billion tons in 2010.
Over the past two years, India’s renewed economic growth has brought a dramatic increase in the country’s steel production as well as domestic consumption.