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Derek Rose

INSANE: Big aussie steelmaker mulling massive takeover offer | Vintage Vibes

BlueScope has received a joint takeover offer from the former Seven Group and a US company. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

A $13.2 billion tentative takeover offer for BlueScope Steel is likely to be knocked back by its board for undervaluing Australia's largest steelmaker and presenting regulatory approval issues, analysts say.

US-based industrial metals group Steel Dynamics, which made has made three unsuccessful approaches for BlueScope previously, has teamed with the Australian billionaire Kerry Stokes-controlled SGH Limited for a fourth attempt to acquire the company's North American operations.

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