Midwest Corporation

It was officially revealed today that Rudd government has officially prohibited any move by China's state owned Sinosteel to acquire stakes in Murchison Metal. The Foreign Investment Review Board would delay its decision for 90 days about Chinese take over bid on West Australia's mining company. Rudd government is planning for new regime that would limit foreign stakes in Australian companies or their take over.

Chinese steelmaking giant Sinosteel Corporation is finally edging nearer to takeover management of control of Midwest Corporation (MIS). Sinosteel has made significant changes in a notice to its shareholders stating that it now has voting stake of 33.82 percent in Midwest Corporation which means it owns nearly one-third voting power in Midwest. It raised its stake in Midwest to 28.37 percent which is about 20 percent higher than its previous bid.