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MELBOURNE, Dec 1 Asia Pulse - Australia's competition watchdog will not intervene in the acquisition of Norwegian explosives firm Dyno Nobel by a Macquarie Bank-led (ASX:MBL) consortium and the subsequent on-sale of some operations to explosive and chemicals maker Orica Ltd (ASX:ORI).
In September, the Macquarie consortium said it was acquiring Dyno Nobel for $US1.7 billion ($A2.23 billion), with Orica picking up Dyno's European, Asian, African and Latin American businesses.
The Macquarie consortium will retain Dyno's operations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.
Dyno Nobel is Orica's largest competitor in the explosives market.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Graeme Samuel said Wednesday that Orica's purchase of Dyno's ammonium nitrate (AN) plants in Thailand and the Philippines would not have a major impact on Dyno's Australian operations.
Ammonium nitrate is the key substance used in the manufacture of ...
Source: HighBeam Research, AUSTRALIA'S ACCC NOT OPPOSING ACQUISITION OF DYNO BY MAQUARIE-LED GRP.