M&A Deal Summary

Tronox Acquires Exxaro - Mineral Sands Operations

On September 26, 2011, Tronox acquired metals/mining company Exxaro - Mineral Sands Operations from Exxaro

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Tronox’s 1st transaction in the Metals/Mining sector.
  • This is Tronox’s 1st transaction in South Africa.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-09-26
Target Exxaro - Mineral Sands Operations
Sector Metals/Mining
Buyer(s) Tronox
Sellers(s) Exxaro
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Exxaro - Mineral Sands Operations

Pretoria, South Africa
Exxaro - Mineral Sands Operations is a producer of 265 thousand tonnes of zircon and approximately 220 thousand tonnes of pig iron.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Tronox

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Category Company
Sector Chemicals
Employees6,500
Revenue 3.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Tronox is a provider of mining, production, and marketing of inorganic minerals and chemicals. Tronox is based in Stamford, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector: Metals/Mining M&A 1 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 4
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-03 FMC - Alkali Chemicals Business

United States

FMC Corp. - Alkali Chemicals Business consists of FMC's alkali chemicals business unit and operations.

Buy $1.6B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Exxaro

Pretoria, South Africa

Category Company
Sector Metals/Mining
DESCRIPTION

Exxaro is a South African-based resources group, listed on the JSE Limited, with a market capitalization of approximately US$7.8 billion. It is among the largest global suppliers of titanium dioxide feedstock and zircon.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Metals/Mining M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: South Africa M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1