Xstrata walks away on financing woes
Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata has decided not to bid for Lonmin, the UK platinum group. Banking sources said Xstrata had lined up lenders to provide a $15bn club loan but Xstrata said today that it would have had to refinance a large chunk of that within a year, something it was unsure it could do.
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