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South Korea: Four companies have been shortlisted to buy a full stake in Halla Cement. Asia Cement, Sungshin Cement, Aju Corporation and LK Investment Partners are all contenders for the sale, according to sources quoted by the Maeil Business Newspaper. Six investors submitted preliminary bids for the cement producer and Halla Cement’s largest shareholder Baring Private Equity Asia and its sales advisor Citigroup Global Market Securities Korea chose the final selection.

The shortlisted companies will have up to six weeks to conduct due diligence procedures before submitting final bids in early November 2017. The seller intends to pick a final bidder by mid-November 2017.

Baring Private Equity Asia and Glenwood Private Equity bought Lafarge Halla Cement from LafargeHolcim in mid-2016 for Euro427m.