Development of the mining industry in 2009 changed that part of the investor concerned and the mining company, the value of investments, acquisitions and mergers has decreased, if compared to the year 2007. Value of mergers and acquisitions in 2007 worth $ 596.8 billion, while in 2009 until the first half of the value of transactions in the mining sector reached only 122.5 billion. According to the mining industry observers, the decline in value of investments, mergers and acquisitions because the company a global economic crisis.

Here are some investment transactions, mergers and acquisitions made by several companies.

Xstrata Plc, based in Zug, Switzerland, last week said it will continue to seek talks with rival mining company Anglo American Plc over its proposed “merger of equals.”

“We continue to believe Rio Tinto, and BHP for that matter, are more attractive to Chinese buyers than companies like Anglo American and Xstrata because of the commodities that they offer, such as iron ore, copper and aluminum,” O’Dwyer said.

Chinalco and Alcoa Inc. in February last year paid 7.2 billion pounds, or 6,000 pence a share, for a stake in Rio Tinto, which then was seeking to thwart a hostile bid from BHP Billiton. Chinalco later bought Alcoa out of its stake in the Rio holding.

BHP abandoned its $66 billion offer in November citing Rio’s high-level of debt and declining commodity markets.

Credit Suisse Group AG, JPMorgan Cazenove Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley and Macquarie Capital Ltd. are the joint global coordinators on the rights offer.

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