Vedanta to sell overseas zinc business to India unit for $2.98 billion.
Vedanta Ltd. will sell its international zinc operations to unit Hindustan Zinc Ltd. for $2.98 billion in cash to help consolidate the businesses and pare debt for ultimate parent, Vedanta Resources Ltd.
Rajasthan, India-based Hindustan Zinc will buy the assets of THL Zinc Ltd. Mauritius in a phased manner from its parent over a period of about 18 months, subject to regulatory approvals, the Indian miner said in an exchange filing Thursday. The operations of THL include Black Mountain Mining Ltd. in South Africa and Skorpion Zinc Ltd. in Namibia, it said.
The deal is important for Vedanta’s billionaire-owner Anil Agarwal, who is seeking to simplify the corporate structure of his commodities empire and cut Vedanta Resources’ debt after a failed attempt to delist Vedanta Ltd. in 2020. One way for Agarwal to generate cash has been to get dividend payouts from Hindustan Zinc. The company announced a third interim dividend of 13 rupees a share, totaling about 55 billion rupees on Thursday. This is in addition to 154 billion rupees already paid out this financial year.
Hindustan Zinc, which also appointed Agarwal’s daughter Priya Agarwal Hebbar as chairperson of the company, reported a net income for the third quarter that missed analyst estimates. Vedanta owns about 65% of the miner and the Indian government holds about 30%.
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