International Steel Prices
Benteler Halts Sale of Tube Firm to Tenaris
February 7, 2023
Tenaris SA said Feb. 5 that Benteler North America Corp. has terminated the sale of Benteler Steel & Tube Manufacturing Corp. to Tenaris, effective immediately.
Luxembourg-based Tenaris had announced in July the intended acquisition of the steel pipe producer in a deal valued at $460 million.
By Ethan Bernard, ethan@steelmarketupdate.com
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