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Mining machines maker Komatsu enters underground market with $3.7m Joy Global bid

12th August 2016

By: Henry Lazenby

Creamer Media Deputy Editor: North America

  

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VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – The board of Japanese mining equipment manufacturer Komatsu has given the green light for the firm to make its biggest-ever acquisition by buying its rival, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Joy Global, in a bid valued at $3.7-billion, the company announced Friday.

Komatsu has signed a $2.89-billion deal to acquire Joy Global and will buy, through its US subsidiary, all outstanding shares, offering $28.30 apiece – a 20% premium on Joy’s July 21 closing share price. Subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, the acquisition is expected to close in mid-2017.

Komatsu expected to increase its range of mining and construction equipment to include a suite of underground equipment, including surface mining equipment such as rope shovels, super-large wheel loaders, draglines and drills. Its portfolio is now closer to that offered by its biggest competitor, Caterpillar.

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Edited by Samantha Herbst
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