RE:This is something to keep an eye on Thanks lou64. Would rather see KWG with PM Harper keeping the ROF Canadain. Just noticed the following:
By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail On Sunday
PUBLISHED: 16:21 EST, 28 September 2013 | UPDATED: 04:52 EST, 29 September 2013
Blue chip mining giant Glencore is weighing up a £750million takeover of Australian copper producer OZ Minerals.
City sources said Glencore – one of London’s biggest mining groups, with a stock market value of £45billion – has secretly been buying shares in OZ Minerals and now its stake is up to 10 per cent.
Although Glencore has yet to make a formal offer for OZ Minerals, the mining giant’s stakebuilding move has triggered speculation that it is soon planning to pounce on the copper group with a bid.
Glencore's interest in OZ Minerals could mean the FTSE company is calling the bottom of the copper market
As a result, one Australian banker said OZ Minerals had recently retained UBS to advise it on a ‘defence’ of the company, which has seen its shares plunge 34 per cent this year.
Glencore’s interest in OZ Minerals is significant as it could mean the FTSE company is calling the bottom of the copper market.
The price of copper has fallen in the past year amid fears that China’s slowing economic growth may herald the end of the commodities boom.
However, there have been signs that China’s growth has stabilised at 7.5 per cent a year and that demand for base metal prices, such as copper and iron, will soon rise.
Glencore declined to comment while OZ Minerals could not be reached.
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https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2436605/Glencore-targets-Australian-copper-producer-OZ-Minerals.html#ixzz2gIljMqYT
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