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Rothschild Plays Strongest Suit With Coal Mining Deal
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One of the most successful trades at Atticus Capital LP, where Nathaniel Rothschild was co-chairman, was an investment in U.S. mining company Phelps Dodge Corp. The future 5th Baron Rothschild says he now plans to build one of the world’s largest coal producers.
A member of the Rothschild lineage that helped bankroll Britain’s war against Napoleonic France, he’s leading a $3 billion takeover that will create the biggest exporter of coal to China.