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Baosteel to supply 10% Hyundai Heavy's steel needs

Thu May 15, 2008 10:45pm EDT

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SHANGHAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Baosteel Group, China's largest steelmaker, will supply Hyundai Heavy Industries (009540.KS), the world's top shipbuilder, with 300,000 to 500,000 tonnes a year of steel plate for shipbuilding, Baosteel said on late Thursday.

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The volume is equivalent to about 10 percent of Hyundai Heavy's steel plate needs each year, Baosteel, the parent company of Baoshan Iron and Steel Co (600019.SS), said in a statement on its website.

The two companies signed a strategic partnership agreement on Tuesday, the statement said. (Reporting by Alfred Cang; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

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