Greenhill has considerable transaction experience and a global network of corporate relationships in the Metals & Mining sector.  Our managing directors and professionals have executed many of the most significant and complex transactions for some of the leading global companies.

Our experience in the Metals & Mining industry encompasses the following sub-sectors: gold, copper, silver, nickel, steel, aluminum, coal, uranium and mining and processing equipment.

Below we highlight a few of the transactions on which we have advised in this area:

DATE	$		COMPANY/ASSET ACQUIRED		ACQUIROR
01-Apr-2010 Pending	$9.2 billion		Lihir Gold Limited Advising Lihir Gold Limited, a leading global gold company with operations in Papua New Guinea, Australian and West Africa on an unsolicited takeover proposal from Newcrest Mining Ltd, an international gold company with gold and copper operations		Newcrest Mining Ltd
20-Dec-2009	$1.3 billion		Mining Division of Terex Corp. Advising Bucyrus International, Inc., a global mining equipment manufacturer, on the acquisition of the mining division of Terex Corp., a diversified equipment company		Bucyrus International
06-Aug-2008	$10.7 billion		Lonmin plc Advised Lonmin plc, a major producer of Platinum Group Metals, regarding an unsolicited pre-conditional proposed offer for the company by Xstrata plc, a global diversified mining company		Xstrata plc
11-Oct-2007	$1.2 billion		Foseco plc Advised Foseco plc, a provider of consumables to the Foundry and Steel industries, on a recommended cash offer from Cookson Group plc		Cookson Group plc
03-May-2007	$8.5 billion		IPSCO Inc. Acted as lead financial advisor to SSAB Svenskt Stål AB on its acquisition of IPSCO Inc., a leading Canadian producer of energy tubulars and steel plate in North America with an annual steel making capacity of 4.3 million tons		SSAB Svenskt Stål AB