Baker & McKenzie has overtaken DLA Piper to become the biggest law firm in the world by revenue, surpassing the US$2.5 billion barrier for the first time, the Financial Times reported Monday. Bake ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
Two Japanese trading houses want to unload their holdings in a big Australian coal project amid a shakeup in the sector that is being driven by low commodity prices, high costs and a strong Australian ...More
EJ Insight2014-07-24
Beijing rejected an alliance of the world’s top three shipping groups even after it has been approved by regulators in the United States and the European Union, media reports said Wednesday. The three ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-18
China has offered more than US$1 billion for a gold and copper company in Laos that produces one-third of the tiny Southeast Asian country's exports but the bid has been rejected. PanAust Ltd. said th ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-14
A consortium of state-owned Chinese companies led by China Minmetals Corp., one of the country’s biggest metals miners, announced Monday a deal to buy a giant copper mine in Peru from Glencore Xstrata ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-15
MMG Ltd. (01208.HK), together with Guoxin International Investment Co. Ltd.'s unit and CITIC Metal Co. Ltd., has proposed to acquire Glencore Xstrata's Las Bambas copper project in Peru for US$5.85 bi ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
Mining firm GlencoreXstrata PLC said on Sunday that it agreed to sell its Las Bambas Peruvian copper project to a Chinese consortium in an all-cash deal worth at least US$5.8 billion, the Wall Street ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-14
Alibaba Group has chosen New York over Hong Kong for a share flotation as the latter decided to stick to its stance of "one share, one vote" principle. The stand taken by Hong Kong over the issues rel ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-31
Glencore Xstrata PLC is close to reaching an agreement on the sale of its Las Bambas copper project in Peru to a consortium led by China Minmetals Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-18
Glencore Xstrata PLC's chief executive said talks are continuing with a consortium led by China Minmetals Corp. for sale of Glencore's Peruvian Las Bambas copper project, the Wall Street Journal repor ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
A Chinese consortium is the frontrunner to buy Glencore Xstrata Plc's Las Bambas copper mine in Peru for at least US$5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-16
Following is a summary of major news and comments in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the parent publication of EJ Insight, on Wednesday, Jan. 15: TOP STORIES Robust market sentiment set to boost newly ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-15
A consortium led by Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (Chinalco) has abandoned its bid for Glencore Xstrata Plc’s Las Bambas copper project in Peru, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a person with direc ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-25
Glencore Xstrata Plc's effort to meet a Chinese regulatory requirement that it sell a Peruvian copper project has advanced, with two of the four Chinese companies that made initial offers for the mine ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-11
China Minmetals Corp. has submitted a first-round bid for Glencore-Xstrata's US$5.9 billion Las Bambas copper mine in Peru, Reuters reported Thursday, citing Gu Liangmin, managing director of the Chin ...More
EJ Insight2013-10-04
