	boliden takes over allis chalmers division swedish mining and metals group boliden ab blds st said it would buy the mining equipment operations of the u s allis chalmers corp ah o amounting to more than pct of group sales for mln crowns boliden president kjell nilsson told a news conference the uisition of the allis chalmers unit which he described as the world s leading producer of equipment for the mineral processing industry would yield positive synergy effects for boliden mining metals and engineering operations nilsson said the takeover also will provide opportunities to cooperate with the mining and materials handling operations of boliden s parent company trelleborg ab he said allis chalmers was selling out because it needed new cash after suffering big losses in its farm equipment operation the deal is subject to approval by allis chalmers annual meeting company officials said reuter 
