Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's biggest shipyard, agreed to buy 20 percent of China's Qinhuangdao Shouqin Metal Materials Co to secure a stable supply of steel plates.

Hyundai Heavy will pay 49 billion won (US$52 million) for the stake, the Ulsan, South Korea-based company said in a regulatory filing yesterday.

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