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S.Korea STX Shipbuilding says wins $879 mln ship order

Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:26am EST

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SEOUL, Nov 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (067250.KS) said on Friday it had won an order worth a total of 1.02 trillion won ($878.7 million) from an Asian firm.

STX, the world's No. 4 shipbuilder, said to the Korea Exchange that it would supply the firm eight vessels by September 30, 2012. (Reporting by Shin Jieun; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)



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