Former Xstrata Plc Chief Executive Mick Davis is considering a bid for Vale SA's (VALE5.SA) (VALE.N) nickel business, Bloomberg reported.
Mick Davis, the former boss of miner Xstrata, has made an offer for Anglo American assets including copper mines in Chile, Brazilian nickel mines and some coal operations, the Sunday Times reported without citing sources.
Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) rejected a merger approach from smaller rival Glencore Plc (GLEN.L) to create a $160 billion mining and trading giant in August just as the price of its most profitable product, iron ore, hit a five-year low.
Mick Davis and Trevor Reid, former executives of Xstrata form X2 Partners to establish X2 Resources with the Noble Group and TPG.
Glencore announced plans to sell off parts of recently acquired Xstrata assets.
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals.
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals.
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1030 GMT on Thursday.
Glencore will this week move into the final stage of its long-awaited $30 billion takeover of miner Xstrata
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