
Next month shareholders in London-based mining giant Anglo-American will gather at City lawyers Linklaters' 1980's office in the shadow of the Barbican to vote on the firms' $50 billion powerhouse copper merger with Canada's Teck Resources.
The proposed deal - the second biggest mining merger ever - would consolidate two vast copper fields in Chile, Collahuasi, operated by Anglo American, and Quebrada Blanca, operated by Teck.