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Worthington Steel to buy Kloeckner & Co in $2.4 billion deal
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 15, 2026
Worthington Steel to buy Kloeckner & Co in $2.4 billion deal
Worthington Steel's Strategic Acquisition
(Corrects to say Kloeckner & Co, not Kloeckner & Coin, in headline and story)
Details of the Deal
Jan 15 (Reuters) - Worthington Steel said on Thursday that it would buy metal processing firm Kloeckner & Co in a deal valued at $2.4 billion.
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(Reporting by Nathan Gomes in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)
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