Getting Sirius out of a funding hole?

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Metals and Mining

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Europe

Oliver Gordon

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Anglo American last week went public with its intention to lodge a takeover bid for Sirius Minerals’ struggling Woodsmith polyhalite mining project in the UK. For Sirius, it’s a case of ‘just in time’; for Anglo, analysts are left wondering ‘why?’

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