The possible collapse of a plan to combine trading house Glencorewith miner Xstratawould lift the value of failed mergers in the natural resources industry to almost $1tn in the past decade.
Bankers and industry executives say that the troubled Glencore-Xstrata merger is the latest in a series of deal setbacks, following an era of commodities mega-deals in the early 2000s.
They say acquisitions in mining, oil and gas have faced greater headwinds from lower raw materials prices, rising shareholder activism, higher regulatory scrutiny and financial market turmoil.
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