Season 1 · Episode 1
Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds start digging for mining investments
Dealcast: The M&A Podcast · Anthony Phillips
August 4, 202516m 9s
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Show Notes
Patrick Harris, Mergermarket’s senior editor based in London, joins Dealcast host Julie-Anna Needham to discuss the outlook for mining deals, including:
- Which deals are showcasing the overall trend, like IRH’s acquisitions of mines in Zambia or the Qatari’s sovereign wealth fund's investment in TechMet, an Irish company that recycles lithium batteries
- Which minerals, like lithium and copper, are critical for electrification and seeing significant investor interest
- Potential opportunities for mining in the Middle East itself, like Saudi Arabia’s alleged USD 2.5 trn worth of minerals available to be mined
All this and more in this weeks Dealcast.