Total Metals & mining industry cross border deals worth $438.6m were announced globally for June 2022, with the $161.59m acquisition of UEX being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 95.4% over the previous month of $9.48bn and a drop of 79.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of $2.12bn.

In terms of number of cross border deals, the sector saw a rise of 38.89% with 25 deals in June 2022 when compared to the last 12-month average of 18 deals.

In value terms, North America led the activity with cross border deals worth $217.11m in June 2022.

Metals & mining industry cross border deals in June 2022: Top deals

The top five cross border deals accounted for 86.2% of the overall value during June 2022.

The combined value of the top five cross border deals stood at $377.88m, against the overall value of $438.6m recorded for the month.

The top five Metals & mining industry cross border deals of June 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Uranium Energy $161.59m acquisition deal with UEX

2) The $92.72m acquisition of Altus Strategies by Elemental Royalties

3) Stellantis $52.6m acquisition deal for 8% stake in Vulcan Energy Resources

4) The $38.62m acquisition of Minagoldchoix by QNB Metals

5) Divine Token $32.35m acquisition deal with Billions Steel International