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Stelco Is Back With C$200 Million IPO to Fund Steel Expansion
- Company wants to win back auto contracts it lost to U.S. Steel
- IPO launched amid uncertainty over NAFTA, U.S. tariff on steel
A Stelco plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 2005.
Photographer: Norm Betts/Bloomberg
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Stelco Holdings Inc. gained 13 percent as the 107-year-old Canadian steelmaker returned to public markets Friday following two trips through bankruptcy court.
The shares closed at C$19.20 in Toronto, giving it a market value of about C$1.67 billion ($1.31 billion). The steelmaker raised C$200 million in its initial public offering after pricing its shares at C$17 apiece, the midpoint of its disclosed range.