GRUPO VILLAR MIR HISTORY
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JULY 1987
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• Acquisition of Inmobiliaria Espacio, S.A. and Obrascón, S.A. from Altos Hornos de Vizcaya (AHV), S.A.
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JULY 1991
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• Listing of Obrascón, S.A. on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
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DECEMBER 1992
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• Acquisition of Ferroatlántica, S.L. from Carburos Metálicos, S.A. (already controlled by Air Products).
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MARCH 1995
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• Acquisition of Fesa/Fertiberia from Ercros/Freeport McMoran.
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JANUARY 1996
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• Acquisition of Cuarzos Indutriales, S.A. from Cimpor (Portugal).
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MAY 1996
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• Takeover bid on 100% of Hidro Nitro Española, S.A.
• Acquisition of Elsan, S.A. from private investors.
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DECEMBER 1996
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• Takeover bid on 100% of Sefanitro, S.A.
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JANUARY 1997
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• Acquisition of Sato, S.A. from private investors.
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JUNE 1998
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• Takeover merger of Huarte, S.A. by Obrascón (Obrascón Huarte OH, S.A.).
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JULY 1998
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• Acquisition of Pacadar, S.A. from private investors.
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DECEMBER 1998
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• Acquisition of 80% of Ferroven, S.A. from the State of Venezuela in a public auction.
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MAY 1999
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• Takeover merger of Lain, S.A. by Obrascón Huarte, S.A. (OHL, S.A.).
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JULY 2000
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• Acquisition of 67% of Rocas, Arcillas y Minerales, S.A. (RAMSA) from Grupo ELKEM (Norway).
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MAY 2005
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• Acquisition of 100% of Pechiney Électrométallurgie from ALCAN (Canada).
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AUGUST 2005
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• Acquisition of 66% Fertial Spa from the State of Algeria.
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DECEMBER 2006
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• GVM achieves the majority interest (50,7%) in the OHL Group.
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DECEMBER 2007
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• Commissioning of Torre Espacio Castellana.
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JANUARY 2008
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• Acquisition of the assets of Rand Carbide PLC (ferrosilicon plant) in South Africa.
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JUNE 2008
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• Incorporation Ferroatlántica Brasil Mineraçao Ltd.
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APRIL 2009
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• Acquisition of 100% of Adubos de Portugal.
• Establishment of Silicio Ferrosolar, S.L.
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NOVEMBER 2010
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• Acquisition of 100% of Céntrica, S.L.
• Acquisition of the assets of Sinice Silicon Industries (silicon metal plant) in China (Yunnan).
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2011
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• Construction scheduled to begin on:
- the largest ammonia plant in the world in Arzew (Algeria).
- the largest silicon metal plant in the world in Sichuan (China).
- Hydroelectric power stations of 560 MW in Sichuan (China).
- a regasification plant in Huelva (Spain).
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