Phelps Dodge Corporation
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DONE DEAL – Freeport, Phelps Dodge form leading copper company
NEW ORLEANS and PHOENIX – On March 19, 2007, the takeover of PHELPS DODGE CORP. by FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD I…
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COPPER MINING – Cerro Verde expansion commissioned
PERU – PHELPS DODGE of Phoenix, Arizona, has announced that the expansion at the Cerro Verde mine near Arequipa has…
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COPPER-COBALT DEVELOPMENT – Conditional nod given for Tenke Fungurume
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – PHELPS DODGE of Phoenix, Arizona, has given conditional approval to the US$650-milli…
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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: VIEWPOINT – Freeport, Phelps Dodge to be world’s largest public copper miner
The big news this week is the merger of two American copper miners–FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD of New Orleans a…
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SUPPLY OPPORTUNITY – Phelps Dodge coming to Canada
TORONTO – From our friends at CAMESE we have learned that representatives of PHELPS DODGE of Phoenix, Arizona, are …
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CANADIAN MINING PERSPECTIVES: VIEWPOINT – You are what you eat: Merger dos and don’ts
Less than one week after we [Proudfoot] published the article “Managing Merger Mania”, two enormous M&A announcemen…
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CANADIAN MINING NEWS: VIEWPOINT – Inco bows to CVRD bid
The INCO LTD. board has recommended that its shareholders accept the $86 per share offer made by Brazil’s COMPANHIA…
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NICKEL MERGER – Phelps Dodge bows out of Inco fight; way clear for CVRD
TORONTO – Officials of INCO LTD., the company at the centre of so much takeover news this summer, announced that it…
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OFFER ON TABLE – Inco board continues to back Phelps Dodge
TORONTO – The directors of INCO LIMITED said again this week that they back the proposed business combination with …
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INCO TAKEOVER – Teck Cominco raises, then lowers offer
VANCOUVER – After repeatedly saying it wouldn’t, on Tuesday, Aug. 15, TECK COMINCO upped its bid for control of Tor…
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TAKEOVER TARGET CVRD makes all-cash offer for Inco
RIO DE JANEIRO Just when the wrangling for Falconbridge and INCO LTD. seemed to be coming to a conclusion, a new …
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FALCONBRIDGE MERGER – Inco bows out, clears way for Xstrata’s bid (August 02, 2006)
TORONTO – INCO LTD.’s bid for control of fellow nickel miner FALCONBRIDGE LTD. failed to meet the minimum tender co…