LKAB Minerals signs agreement to acquire Francis Flower, an English industrial minerals company
LKAB Minerals will, subject to merger clearance, complete a cash deal transaction, acquiring full ownership of Francis Flower (1). “Acquiring Francis Flower accelerates our growth within the Industrial Minerals market. An increase of iron ore production is one building block in LKAB’s growth plan, but growing our other businesses is equally as important to create a better balance between our divisions, something that makes us less sensitive to the iron ore market volatility, which strengthens LKAB” says LKAB CEO Jan Moström.Besides that, there are other strategic components to the