Kitco NEWS Roundtable

Base metal sector sees big shake up

Episode Summary

While gold M&A dominated resource headlines at the start of the year, the focus turned to base metals this week. On Friday Kitco correspondent and mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recording Kitco Roundtable.

Episode Notes

While gold M&A has dominated resource headlines, the focus turned to base metals this week.  

On Friday Kitco correspondent and mining audiences manager Michael McCrae recording Kitco Roundtable.  

Glencore made an unsolicited $22.5 billion bid for Teck. So far Teck has fended off Glencore's advances.  

The other M&A deal in the base metal side of the business was Hudbay Minerals (NYSE: HBM) and Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC). On Thursday the two announced that they were combining in a $439 million deal.