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Posted on: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:16:35 EST
LONDON, Feb 15, 2011 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) --
Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN), a mining company, said Tuesday that it has completed the sale of its Lisheen zinc mine in Ireland to Vedanta Resources PLC (VED.LN) for cash proceeds of $546 million.
-Anglo American announced the sale of its Zinc portfolio to Vedanta on May 10, 2010 for a total consideration of $1,338 million.
-Due to the regulatory approval and competition clearance processes, separate completion dates were expected for each of the three businesses within the Zinc portfolio, namely Skorpion mine, Lisheen mine and Black Mountain Mining.
-All three zinc transactions have now been completed.
-Shares closed Tuesday at GBP33.06, valuing the company at GBP43.65 billion.
-By Razak Musah Baba, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9275; razak.baba@dowjones.com
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