Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Venezuela ordered to pay steelmaker Tenaris $162 million for takeover

World Bank tribunal ordered Venezuela to pay steelmaker Tenaris SA (TENR.MI) $162 million for expropriating two investments in the country, according to a statement published by the Buenos Aires stock exchange on Wednesday. Luxembourg-based Tenaris, the world's top producer of seamless steel pipes for the energy industry, and its Talta Lda subsidiary had approached the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 2012 after its investments in Tubos de Acero de Venezuela SA and Complejo Siderurgico de Guayana were expropriated. The ruling adds pressure on the cash-squeezed country after a similar decision earlier this year, when the ICSID ordered Venezuela to pay Tenaris some $172.8 million for the takeover of its Matesi Materiales Siderurgicos unit. More… 

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