TOKYO: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Co. (NSSMC) on Monday cut its full-year sales and profit forecast amid a slowdown in China and other overseas markets.

The Tokyo-based company, one of the world’s biggest steelmakers, also said it will start talks to take a controlling interest in a domestic rival to better compete globally.

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