Total metals & mining industry deals for December 2020 worth $5.76bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 20.3% over the previous month and a rise of 14.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $5.01bn.
In terms of number of deals, the sector saw a drop of 9.03% over the last 12-month average with 131 deals against the average of 144 deals.
In value terms, North America led the activity with deals worth $3.01bn.
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By GlobalDataMetals & mining industry deals in December 2020: Top deals
The top five metals & mining deals accounted for 72.2% of the overall value during December 2020.
The combined value of the top five metals & mining deals stood at $4.16bn, against the overall value of $5.76bn recorded for the month.
The top five metals & mining industry deals of December 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Sandvik‘s $1.15bn acquisition of DSI Underground
2) The $1.14bn acquisition of Golder Associates by WSP Global
3) U.S. Steel’s $774m acquisition of Big River Steel LLC (Steel DevelopmentLLC)
4) The $550m asset transaction with Freeport-McMoRan by China Molybdenum
5) Equinox Gold‘s acquisition of Premier Gold Mines for $549.45m.
Verdict deals analysis methodology
This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.
GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.
More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.