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MUMBAI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Metal major Sterlite Industries (India) (BSE:500900) on Saturday inked a definitive agreement to acquire US-based Asarco LLC for US$2.6 billion in cash, which would be the largest buyout abroad by an Indian company this year.
Asarco, formerly known as American Smelting and Refining Company, is the third largest copper producer in the US.
"We are delighted to have reached at agreement on this important acquisition, which is a significant milestone for our group," Sterlite's chairman Anil Agarwal said in a release.
The agreement is subject to the approval of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division, the release said.
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