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Pan American Silver to dig up acquisitions (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Like many other players in the mining industry, Pan American Silver Corp., which owns mines in Peru and Mexico, is apparently digging up for development-stage acquisitions before the end of 2008, according to a Reuters article. CEO Geoff Burns said that credit conditions have forced small players to seek financing...

Posted on July 25, 2008 3:00 PM

A little perspective on surging oil, mining, utility M&A (from Corporate Dealmaker)

While the world laments the death of M&A given the credit crunch, financial institutions crumbling and the gyrating stock market, oil and gas, power and mining deals are thriving. According to three separate reports over the past month by PricewaterhouseCoopers, M&A value levels were up .3% in the oil and...

Posted on April 2, 2008 2:51 PM

Coeur d'Alene Mines' M&A man moves up (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Mitchell Krebs, presently senior vice president of corporate development at Coeur d' Alene Mines Corp., will become senior vice president and CFO of the firm, effective March 21. He'll be replacing James Sabala, who left the Idaho company for HuntMountain Resources Ltd.Krebs has led the firm's corporate development group...

Posted on March 7, 2008 4:02 PM

M&A trends: Slowing economy spurs divestitures (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In the last six to nine months, says Jeff Greene, economic conditions have led to an increase in divestitures. Greene, Americas leader for Sell-Side Advisory Services at Ernst & Young LLP, spoke with me about the recent activity in the marketplace. The slow growth in the economy has many shareholders...

Posted on March 7, 2008 2:03 PM

A deal in the mining equipment sector (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Strong demand for commodities has led to a series of mergers -- and proposed mergers -- in the global mining industry lately. The pursuit of London-based mining giant Rio Tinto plc, which recently rejected a $153 billion offer from Australian mining giant BHP Billiton plc, is just the latest example. There's...

Posted on January 8, 2008 2:56 PM

Meeting of the miners (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Brazil's CVRD won out in the scramble for Canada's Inco. Now Inco CEO Scott Hand - who previously had very different plans for his company - is leading the integration.

Posted on February 15, 2007 11:59 PM