ENRC: Kazakh miner needs to show its mettle

ENRC floated in London last year on the promise that it would make transformational acquisitions globally. Its play for Kazakh rival Kazakhmys has, however, proved abortive. So what next for ENRC and its frustrated shareholders? Elliot Wilson reports.

ENRC at market close in London
August 20, 2008:

Share price: 958 pence
Market capitalization: $22.98 billion
Net debt: $1.69 billion

IT HAS BEEN a strange few months for Kazakhstan’s largest listed metals and mining group, Eurasian Natural Resources (ENRC). In May, the London Stock Exchange-listed ferrochrome miner lodged a £7.05 billion bid for Kazakhmys, a smaller domestic rival. Kazakhmys, also listed on the LSE, not only balked but bit back. First, it got the Kazakh government in July to sell its 7.66%

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