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POSCO cleared to buy Daewoo International

06 September 2010

The European Commission granted clearance, on 6 September, to the acquisition by POSCO of sole control over the undertaking Daewoo International, both of the Republic of Korea. POSCO manufactures and sells a diversified line of finished and semi-finished steel products. Daewoo International is a...

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