After a flat first quarter, the total value of mining deals – including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital raising and asset transactions – declined by $5.3-billion to $20.6-billion in the second quarter, reports data and analytics company GlobalData. “Mining M&A values dropped by 30.5% or $2.9-billion in the second quarter, while there was a 24.8% or $3.7-billion drop in the capital raised by mining companies during the second quarter.
