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Gina Rinehart set to spoil SQM’s $1.6b scheme bid for Azure Minerals

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Oct 26, 2023 – 1.25pm

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Stockbroker Euroz Hartleys was hoovering up shares in lithium play Azure Minerals on Thursday morning, after the company signed a binding deed with Chilean giant SQM at $3.50 a share.

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Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.rapaport@afr.com