Tata Steel divest its Riversdale Mining stake for A$1.06 billion

17 Jun 2011 Evaluate

Tata Steel’s board has decided to sell its entire stake of 26.27% in Riversdale Mining for A$1.06 billion. With this, the company has put an end to the year-long speculation of whether it would exit from the investment it made in 2007. Tata Steel Global Minerals Holding, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Steel currently holds 26.27% stake in Riversdale Mining.

The company's board on an ongoing review of its strategic investments globally took the decision to divest its entire shareholding in Riversdale Mining following Rio Tinto's open offer. Rio Tinto holds 73.2% stake in Riversdale and since 2000 it has been a takeover target for Rio Tinto. Tata Steel took the decision as it does not want to hold on to the stake without any joint venture agreement with the majority shareholder in Riversdale Mining.

Tata Steel along with Brazilian steel maker CSN has been continuously opposing Rio's buying stake in Riversdale. However, CSN backed out and sold its entire 19.9% stake to Rio Tinto following which Tata Steel maintained that it was more interested in getting coal from Riversdale to feed its European operations than making a quick buck. Tata Steel’s sale consideration of A$1.06 billion represents around 100% appreciation of value in less than four years since the first investment.

Earlier, Tata Steel had entered into a $100-million agreement for a 35% stake in two coal tenements of Riversdale in Mozambique in 2007. The company was also focus on its 35% stake in Riversdale (Mauritius), a subsidiary of Riversdale Mining, which is developing coal assets in Mozambique and will continue in the joint venture with Riversdale Mining in Mozambique. The Benga project, located in Tete province of Mozambique, is a joint venture between Riversdale that owns a 65% stake and Tata Steel. Riversdale has around 13 billion tonnes coal reserves in its two projects in Mozambique - Benga and Zambeze.

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