{"id":121507,"date":"2026-08-27T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/121507\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T20:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:11:35","slug":"rio-tinto-has-cause-to-revisit-a-pricier-glencore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/121507\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Tinto has cause to revisit\u00a0a pricier Glencore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, May 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) &#8211; Glencore&#8217;s 23% share-price jump since merger talks collapsed in February makes it harder \u200bto buy. But the rally \u200bgives Rio Tinto cover to offer \u2060a modest premium, while Iran-driven \u200bgains make coal less of a \u200bdrag. More importantly, Rio could still use the miner-trader&#8217;s copper.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"SignOff\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__full_width__kCIGb body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 sign-off-module__text__LQAMP\">Editing by Neil Unmack; Production by Shrabani Chakraborty<\/p>\n<p><a data-testid=\"AuthorBioImageLink\" class=\"author-bio-module__author-image__jcaG3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingviews.com\/authors\/yawen-chen\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.breakingviews.com\/resizer\/v2\/https%3A%2F%2Fauthor-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub%2Freuters%2F6489c98a-8dc3-4aa7-8d33-c582c4035353.png?auth=61bac1f336d441e00a1521274db5adf349aaf2b712e59f289836ee4847410211&amp;height=120&amp;width=120&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" alt=\"Yawen Chen\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__white__kE5Pf text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__extra_small__8Buss body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__extra_small_body__Bfz20 author-bio-module__description__9ynkB\">Yawen focuses on European energy and luxury companies, commodity markets, and real estate as a columnist for Reuters Breakingviews in London. Previously, she was a columnist with Breakingviews in Hong Kong, covering a broad spectrum of topics concerning the Chinese economy, financial markets, and regional companies. She initially joined Reuters News as an economics correspondent in 2016. She earned the title of Reuters\u2019 Journalist of the Year in 2023 in the commentary category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON, May 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) &#8211; Glencore&#8217;s 23% share-price jump since merger talks collapsed in February makes it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[123],"tags":[18218,51599,190,31473,31474,15510,31487,26126,4967,31466,26127,51597,58153,51617,26130,32195,15523,15524,59283,51598,15513,59284,59285,31442,31488,46742,31467,31468,2082,25664,25665,25666,10873,25668,15525,26132,29100,29101,29102,29104,21535,132,51615,59286,31469,31489,31470,15476,31471,31472,51616,58164,59294,59287,59293,51627,59300,51625,51643,51620,59303,51647,51641,59305,51632,59302,59304,59299,59292,51619,51642,59289,51633,59297,59296,51631,59290,51624,58175,58169,58176,51630,59306,59288,59301,59291,51635,51634,59295,58177,58173,59298,51638,58172,58171,51629,18219,29105,21530,25669,15521,32528,59282,25660,23811,18230,15526,714,10872,51611,51612,51613,51614],"class_list":["post-121507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-glencore","tag-amers","tag-anlins","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-aunz","tag-bact","tag-basmtl","tag-bisv","tag-biz","tag-bmat","tag-bnk","tag-brv","tag-brvcv","tag-brvf","tag-bsvc","tag-ca","tag-ceeu","tag-ch","tag-ckcoal","tag-clm","tag-cmpny","tag-coam","tag-coam1","tag-com","tag-cppr","tag-dbt","tag-deal1","tag-divmin","tag-emea","tag-ener","tag-enff","tag-eng","tag-europ","tag-expro","tag-fin","tag-fins","tag-fobe","tag-fod","tag-fodpr","tag-fotb","tag-gb","tag-glencore","tag-graphc","tag-irnst","tag-memi","tag-metl","tag-min","tag-mine","tag-mrg","tag-mtal","tag-mtgfx","tag-n2amers","tag-n2asia","tag-n2au","tag-n2aunz","tag-n2bact","tag-n2basmtl","tag-n2bisv","tag-n2bmat","tag-n2bsvc","tag-n2ca","tag-n2ceeu","tag-n2ch","tag-n2ckcoal","tag-n2cmpny","tag-n2coam","tag-n2coam1","tag-n2com","tag-n2cppr","tag-n2dbt","tag-n2deal1","tag-n2divmin","tag-n2emea","tag-n2ener","tag-n2enff","tag-n2europ","tag-n2expro","tag-n2fins","tag-n2fobe","tag-n2fodpr","tag-n2fotb","tag-n2gb","tag-n2irnst","tag-n2memi","tag-n2metl","tag-n2min","tag-n2mine","tag-n2mrg","tag-n2mtal","tag-n2namer","tag-n2ncyc","tag-n2oilg","tag-n2publ","tag-n2res","tag-n2us","tag-n2weu","tag-namer","tag-ncyc","tag-news1","tag-oilg","tag-publ","tag-rep","tag-repicoal","tag-repiexploration-production","tag-res","tag-topcmb","tag-topnws","tag-us","tag-weu","tag-xdnp","tag-xpco","tag-xpmf","tag-xrnp"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}