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Bloomberg News reports that Anglo American is close to a deal with Teck Resources.

Bloomberg News reported Monday that Anglo American was close to a deal for the acquisition of Canadian miner Teck Resources. The report cited people who were familiar with the matter.

Separately, The Financial Times reported Monday that the potential acquisition could be valued at around $20 billion.

Reports said that the London-listed global mining company is considering paying a majority in stock and an announcement could be made as soon as this week.

The report said that the terms and timing of the agreement are still uncertain and the talks could collapse without an accord.

According to LSEG, Teck Resources is valued at approximately C$23.69 (about $17.17 Billion), while Anglo American's market value is around 26.82 Billion Pounds (roughly $35.35 billion), according to LSEG.

Anglo American, as well as Teck, have attracted interest in recent years from bigger rivals. Anglo rejected a $49billion takeover offer from BHP Group in the past year. Teck also turned down a $22.5billion full buyout from Glencore.

Glencore has said that it is still interested in Teck, the Canadian miner. If Anglo makes an approach, there could be a bidding war.

We could not verify the information immediately. Teck, Anglo American, and Glencore didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. ($1 = 1,3797 Canadian Dollars) ($1= 0.7378 Pounds) (Reporting and editing by Mohammed Safi Shamsi, Rashmi Anich and Dheeraj Misra from Bengaluru)

(source: Reuters)