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The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">transaction had been subject</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>AUSTRALIA - Arcellor Mittal NV raised its stake to 19.9% from 14.9%, by further acquiring a 5% stake, or 10.608 mil ordinary shares in MacArthur Coal Ltd, a coal mining company, from Talbot Group Holdings Pty Ltd, a unit of Wesfarmers Ltd's Coles Group Ltd subsidiary, for 20 Australian dollars (12.179 euros/$19.216 US) per share, or a total value of A$212.157 mil (129.194 mil euros/$19.216), in a privately negotiated transaction. The transaction had been subject to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">AUSTRALIA - Arcellor Mittal NV raised its stake to 19.9% from 14.9%, by further acquiring</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">a 5% stake, or 10.608 mil ordinary shares in MacArthur Coal Ltd, a coal mining company,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">from Talbot Group Holdings Pty Ltd, a unit of Wesfarmers Ltd's Coles Group Ltd subsidiary,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">for 20 Australian dollars (12.179 euros/$19.216 US) per share, or a total value of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">A$212.157 mil (129.194 mil euros/$19.216), in a privately negotiated transaction. 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It is engaged in the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">manufacture and wholesale of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">low volatile pulverised coal</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">injection coal for use in the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">production of steel to steel</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">mills in Asia, Europe and the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">Americas. The company was</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">incorporated in February 22,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">2001, and is headquartered in</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">Brisbane, Queensland.</sdc:value></sdc:h_TEST><sdc:h_business><sdc:value sdc:p="0">Macarthur Coal Ltd provides coal mining and exploration</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">services in Queensland's Bowen Basin. 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