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Ilva publishes tender to sell Tunisian assets
An international tender has been published by the Tunisian service centre and rolling mill Ilva Maghreb and Tunisacier, both subsidiaries of Italian steel maker Ilva through its entity Ilva Commerciale. The three companies are in liquidation.
Ilva began to look for a buyer for both companies last year, as reported. Ilva Maghreb is a service centre while Tunisacier is a rolling mill for flat products both located in the free-trade zone near Bizerte in the north of the country. The two assets occupy the same 50,000 square metres area but the operations can be acquired separately.
Both facilities have access to a logistics platform, which is mostly used by Tunisacier. This facility, whose output is mainly destined to exports, produces cold rolled coil with an output ranging between 50,000-200,000 tonnes/year. Ilva Maghreb, processes sheets and strips providing cut-to-length services. The operation has a capacity of around 20,000 t/y, sources in the industry say.
The deadline for presentations is 28 February 2017. Offers must reach the official liquidator Adly Ben Rhouma in Tunisia by 1500 hours local time, the international tender seen by Kallanish says. Only offers with a bank guarantee covering 1% of the total amount intended to be paid for both companies will be considered, the official document says.
Source: Kallanish.com