Shanxi Coking Coal Group, one of China¡¯s biggest coke producers, aims to raise at least HK$7.8 billion (US$1 billion) in an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong next year, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.

The newspaper cited unidentified sources as saying Shanxi Coking Coal had mandated Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and BOC International to arrange the share sale.

The sources said the listing would involve major restructuring and it was hard to say whether the company could go public in the first half of next year.

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