Korea Zinc pulls $1.8 billion share sale plan after probe
The world’s largest zinc smelter has been caught up for months in a fight between its largest shareholders over strategy and direction.
China’s GEM Co Ltd, a battery and material recycler, announced on Thursday a $500 million joint investment to build a nickel project in Indonesia.
The project, sited in Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park, will produce 20,000 tonnes per year of nickel intermediate product used in the new energy sector, according to the company’s announcement.
GEM (Wuxi) Energy Materials, a wholly-owned company under GEM, holds a 51% share of the project, Singapore-based Cahaya Jaya Investment Pte. Ltd. holds a 26% share, and Weiming (Hong Kong) International Holdings Limited an 18% share, the company said.
(By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton; Editing by Mark Potter)
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