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A Glencore-Rio Deal Would Shake Up Canada’s Mining Sector, Again

Plus: Warren Buffett of the North
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Rio Tinto Group revived takeover talks with Glencore in the hope of creating a mining behemoth worth more than $200 billion. Such a deal would intensify pressure on rivals such as BHP Group to chase copper deals just as prices for the metal hit a record this week.