Bloomberg's top commodity writer, Javier Blas, appears to be suggesting that mining giant Glencore might have put itself "in play".
In case you don't recall, Glencore launched a hostile bid for Canadian rival Teck Resources ahead of the latter's demerger of its coal assets...
The August deal mania sweeping the American market has finally reached Britain and Australia.
WSP, the Canadian engineering consulting group, has struck a deal to buy London-listed RPS Group for 206p in cash or £591.1 million.
That is a 76pc premium to yesterday's price! Below is a link to the this morning's announcement:..
I see Mike Henry, the chief executive of BHP Billiton, has been chatting to the venerable Financial Times about his plans to expand further into the copper market...