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Rio Tinto and Glencore have held early-stage talks about a deal valued at $260bn which would create the biggest mining company in the world. Rio and Glencore have held early-stage talks about deal ...

LONDON - Rio Tinto Group and Glencore have been discussing combining their businesses, which if successful would rank as the largest-ever mining deal and create a US$158 billion ($216 billion ...

A deal aimed at capturing a bigger slice of the metals market, the proposed $160 billion merger of Rio Tinto and Glencore, appears doomed to fail, just as last year’s $50 billion attempt by BHP ...

(Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group and Glencore Plc have held early stage talks about combining their businesses to create a behemoth to rival longstanding industry titan BHP Group. The discussions ...

(Reuters) -Glencore approached Rio Tinto late last year about combining the two big copper producers but the discussions are no longer active, a person familiar with the matter said. The talks between ...

A potential combination of Rio Tinto and Glencore would create a $260 billion behemoth, overtaking BHP as the world’s biggest mining company and crucially as the world’s second-largest copper ...

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