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Pamplona Capital Management runs with Arrium bulls

Edited by Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Jake Mitchell

Oct 2, 2015 – 12.15am

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Private equity firm Pamplona Capital Management has thrown its hat into the ring for Arrium's Moly-Cop, joining the likes of Blackstone Group and TPG as a potential buyer.

Sources said London-based Pamplona, which has a €3 billion private equity fund, had expressed interest during the indicative bid phase and had been talking to Deutsche Bank as a potential financier.

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.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.

Jake Mitchell is a former Fairfax Media journalist.