{"id":748,"date":"2021-07-29T16:46:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T16:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/?p=748"},"modified":"2021-08-25T19:03:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:03:19","slug":"flsmidth-to-acquire-thyssenkrupp-mining-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/29\/flsmidth-to-acquire-thyssenkrupp-mining-business\/","title":{"rendered":"FLSmidth to acquire thyssenkrupp mining business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FLSmidth has come to an agreement with thyssenkrupp to acquire the latter\u2019s mining technologies business in a EUR325 million deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For&nbsp;thyssenkrupp, a supplier of mining systems, mineral processing, material handling and services solutions that are complementary to FLSmidth\u2019s mining offerings, is the culmination of a realignment plan it first announced last October. At that point, it allocated the mining arm to the Multi Tracks segment so it could locate a new owner.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-749\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-749\" src=\"http:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/thyssenkrupp_StackerReclaimer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/thyssenkrupp_StackerReclaimer.jpg 992w, https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/thyssenkrupp_StackerReclaimer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/thyssenkrupp_StackerReclaimer-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><b>Photo: \u00a9thyssenkrupp AG<\/b><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FLSmidth said, to its benefit, the purchase will give it a combined complete, full-line coverage of pit-to-plant range of technology, equipment and service expertise, as well as best-in-class digital solutions, covering continuous mining, mineral processing, mining systems and material handling.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sale is an important step, thyssenkrupp stressed, in its \u201cinitiated transformation of the group and the associated focusing of the portfolio,\u201d under which its goal is to \u201ctransform thyssenkrupp into a high-performing \u2018group of companies\u2019 with independent businesses\u201d and be a lean holding company with a focus on systematic performance improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe successful sale of the mining business shows that we are pressing ahead at full speed with the transformation of thyssenkrupp and achieving important results step by step. But we have not yet reached our goal, said Martina Merz, CEO of thyssenkrupp. \u201cThe principle \u2018Performance first\u2019 continues to apply.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thomas Schulz, Group CEO of FLSmidth, noted that the acquisition will allow for a more robust approach to customers for both service and aftermarket, create strategic opportunities and boost its resources and investment in research and development, digital and innovation \u2013 which will, in turn, allow for shorter times to market its products.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBoth companies also share a common belief in bringing sustainable technology to the market in order to increase customer productivity and profitability. thyssenkrupp\u2019s mining offering is an ideal fit with FLSmidth\u2019s MissionZero sustainability ambition and with our digitalization agenda. This acquisition will place FLSmidth in an even better position to meet customer needs in these key areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a truly transformational deal allowing us to accelerate our growth ambitions by creating one of the world\u2019s largest and strongest suppliers to the mining industry. There is a significant opportunity in transforming thyssenkrupp\u2019s Mining business towards FLSmidth\u2019s business mix and model with more than 50% service business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transaction\u2019s closing is subject to regulatory conditions, but is expected to occur in the second half of 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Sources: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flsmidth.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.flsmidth.com\" target=\"_blank\">FLSmidth<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thyssenkrupp.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.thyssenkrupp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thyssenkrupp<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLSmidth has come to an agreement with thyssenkrupp to acquire the latter\u2019s mining technologies business in a EUR325 million deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[495],"tags":[456,51,317,455],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-acquisition","tag-flsmidth","tag-mining-tech","tag-thyssenkrupp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/thyssenkrupp_StackerReclaimer.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northamericanmining.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}