Mercator to buy Creston Moly for $195M
Mercator Minerals (ML-T) has agreed to buy Creston Moly (CMS-V) in a friendly merger with significant potential for synergies that values Creston at $195 million.
Financial Matters, M&A
Banro: Where there’s smoke there’s fire
Just a few days after announcing that a document regarding a possible takeover was a fake, Banro (BAA-T, BAA-X) has announced that it will team up with a major Chinese gold mining firm to develop its large swath of gold properties in the…
Gold Fields and Iamgold finally cut deal on Tarkwa
Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFI-J) wants as much control over its key mining assets as it can get, and with an eye towards that end the company is buying out Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) from a project in Ghana. Gold Fields announced it has a deal in place…
Glencore looks to let the light shine in
One of the most notoriously hush-hush commodity players in the world is set to open both its equity and its books to the public as Glencore International is set to make an initial public offering.
Chinese M&A benefits from cost of capital arbitrage (April 13, 2011)
China’s M&A is “stepping up a notch” and with access to cheaper capital from state-owned banks the Chinese will “continue to outbid the existing producers for assets,” predict the authors of a new report from CITI Investment Research in…
New Gold to buy Richfield for $550M
Richfield Ventures (RVC-V) has capped an impressive rise by agreeing to be snapped up by New Gold (NGT-T, NGD-X) in an all-share deal that values the junior at $550 million.
Minmetals to bid for Equinox Minerals
Shares of Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) surged 31.5% or $1.80 per share to $7.51 on news that Minmetals Resources intends to launch a $6.3-billion bid for the company – one of the largest proposed mining deals in China’s history.
Resource Capital Funds opens office in Toronto
You could say Ross Bhappu has the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl to thank for Resource Capital Fund’s foray into rare earths and its wildly successful investment in Molycorp (MCP-N).
Australia clears Minmetals Resources proposed bid for Equinox
The Australian government has no objection to Minmetals Resources’ proposed acquisition of Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A), the Hong Kong-listed company says.
Minmetals Resources to bid for Equinox Minerals
Shares of Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) surged 31.5% or $1.80 per share to $7.51 today on news that Minmetals Resources wants to buy the company for $6.3 billion — the largest proposed minerals takeover bid in China’s history.
Lundin and Inmet part ways
Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LUMI-O) and Inmet Mining (IMN-T) have broken off their proposed engagement on the grounds that they “could not reach a position that we thought would be supported by both companies’ shareholders.”
Institutional Shareholder Services recommends Equinox bid
Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) announced today that Institutional Shareholder Services, an independent corporate governance analysis and proxy voting firm, is recommending that Lundin Mining (LUN-T, LUMI-O) shareholders vote in favour of its…