| 16.03.2009 - Global mining M&A drops 40% to $127 bln |
| From Bloomberg: Global mining mergers and acquisitions slumped 40 percent to $127 billion last year and the value of transactions will drop further in 2009 amid a commodity price rout, according to Ernst & Young LLP. A total of 919 transactions took place in 2008, compared with 903 deals valued at $211 billion in 2007, Ernst & Young said in an e-mailed report today..... Full Article: Source |