Sinochem of China is struggling to find partners to mount a counterbid for PotashCorp and derail BHP Billiton’s $39bn hostile takeover following the collapse of talks with a potential Russian partner.
The failure of talks with UralKali, the Russian fertiliser group, is the latest setback for the state-owned Chinese chemical group after earlier approaches to a Canadian public pension fund, and Temasek, the Singapore’s investment agency.
Bankers believe Sinochem needs several partners, including non-Chinese companies, to mount a serious rival bid to BHP Billiton and assuage fears in Ottawa about the sale of PotashCorp to a Chinese state enterprise.
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