HONG KONG, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Oz Minerals, the world's second-largest zinc miner that is scrambling to refinance its debt, has attracted the interest of several Chinese metals companies, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Chinese oil and metals group CITIC Resources is among the companies exploring potential investments at the struggling Australian miner, two of the sources told Reuters.
Other Chinese suitors interested in Oz Minerals include China's state-owned metals companies Minmetals Corp. and Chinalco, parent of Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) , said the sources, who did not want to be named because of client sensitivities.
Oz Minerals declined to comment.
(Reporting by Michael Flaherty and Joseph Chaney, Editing by Anne Marie Roantree) AUSTRALIA'S OZ MINERALS ATTRACTING INTEREST FROM CHINESE METALS COMPANIES-SOURCES Keywords: OZMINERALS/ (michael.flaherty@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: michael.flaherty.reuters.com@reuters.net; +852 2843 6540, fax +852 2845 0636) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Chinese oil and metals group CITIC Resources is among the companies exploring potential investments at the struggling Australian miner, two of the sources told Reuters.
Other Chinese suitors interested in Oz Minerals include China's state-owned metals companies Minmetals Corp. and Chinalco, parent of Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) , said the sources, who did not want to be named because of client sensitivities.
Oz Minerals declined to comment.
(Reporting by Michael Flaherty and Joseph Chaney, Editing by Anne Marie Roantree) AUSTRALIA'S OZ MINERALS ATTRACTING INTEREST FROM CHINESE METALS COMPANIES-SOURCES Keywords: OZMINERALS/ (michael.flaherty@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: michael.flaherty.reuters.com@reuters.net; +852 2843 6540, fax +852 2845 0636) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2008. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.