Brazil's Usiminas seeks to sell stake in miner Musa –source
SAO PAULO – Brazilian steelmaker Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais, known as Usiminas, has hired Banco BTG Pactual SA to sell its 70% stake in its mining company, one person with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
Trading on Usiminas stock was suspended for around 40 minutes by Brazilian stock exchange B3 SA Brasil Bolsa Balcão after reports of the potential sale.
Preferential shares, the most liquid class of Usiminas stock, were down 1.1% before trading was halted and expanded losses to 1.4%, at 7.98 reais, when trading resumed a few minutes before the market closed.
In a securities filing, Usiminas said it hired Banco BTG Pactual to "consider alternatives" for its 70% stake in Musa but had not made any sale decision.
Usiminas declined to comment further.
Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported earlier on Thursday, citing sources, that Mineração Usiminas, known as Musa, could be valued at one-billion reais ($255.6-million) and that Japan's Sumitomo, which already has a 30% stake in Musa, could acquire more of the company.
The person interviewed by Reuters said the process is in its early stages and did not confirm the valuation nor the potential buyer that Valor reported.
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