VOL. XXXII

NO. 51

25-SEPTEMBER-1989

Financial and Banking News

INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES

KIO Interest in Spanish Fertilizers Increases

Erocros, which is 75% owned by the Kuwait Investment Office (KIO) via itsSpanish holding company Torras Hostench and which was formed last year after themerger of the fertilizer operations of two KIO-controlled companies in Spain,Cros SA and Explosivos Rio Tinto (ERT), has been cleared to buy up a Spanishstate-controlled fertilizer manufacturer, Inversa. An announcement...