Nucor to acquire half of Mitsui steel unit

Bloomberg - Nucor Corp., the largest U.S. steelmaker by 2009 sales, will buy half of a U.S. unit of Japan’s Mitsui & Co. to jointly expand in the global market for the metal used in appliances, autos and construction. The unit operates 23 steel processing facilities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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