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Takeover spotting – not the Bold and the Beautiful


IT’S on for all money. From Aurox to zinc, takeover speculation among miners is back – and is all gassed up. Allan Trench opines on what makes for a good corporate takeover target: not the mining sector equivalent of the elegant swan – but the ugly duckling.



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