With Japan’s unfolding nuclear disaster scaring many investors – and some governments – away from uranium, Russia’s Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ) has come back with a more modest offer to buy Australia’s Mantra Resources (MRL-T, MRU-A) and its Mkuju…
The following was released by the Metals Economics Group, based on its Strategic Report. For more information visit www.metalseconomics.com.
Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is urging its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) worth about $4.8 billion, arguing it is too low and that the Australian mining company would have to take on too much debt (a…
The talk of the North American mining scene in mid-March was the ratcheting up of two high-profile bidding wars.
Amid serious financial troubles, Century Mining (CMM-V) has agreed to an all-share takeover bid by White Tiger Gold (WTG-T), a newly listed gold miner 74% controlled by Russian mining promoter Maxim Finskiy.
Lundin Mining (LUN-T) is urging its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid from Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) worth about $4.8 billion, arguing it is too low and that the Australian mining company would have to take on too much debt (a…
Vancouver – Financially troubled gold producer Century Mining (cmm-v) has agreed to an all-share takeover bid by White Tiger Gold (wtg-t), a newly listed gold miner 74% controlled by Russian mining promoter Maxim Finskiy. Century has struggled…
Robert Amsterdam has carved out a reputation as the go-to lawyer for executives feeling the wrath of a hostile government. His battles with regimes in Russia, Nigeria and Venezuela, to name a few, have served to give him a unique perspective on…
As a chartered accountant active in Canada’s junior mining scene, I decided to tackle the subject of accounting for flow-through shares under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for four main reasons.
A hostile bid by Equinox Minerals (EQN-T, EQN-A) for Lundin Mining (LUN-T) worth about $4.8 billion in cash and shares could derail a friendly merger proposed between Lundin and Inmet Mining (IMN-T, IEMMF-O) that is scheduled for a shareholder…
Nothing’s ever simple when it comes to Lundin Mining. This week, the volatile Vancouver-based international base-metals miner had its cozy proposed merger with Canada’s Inmet Mining fall apart in the face of a hostile, $4.8-billion bid by…
The mining sector was thrust into the media spotlight in 2010 as the number of mining mergers and acquisitions (M&A) hit an all-time high. A new PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report tracked 2,693 global mining M&A deals worth US$113…
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