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PLUS: A New Age For Nuclear?
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π₯³ A$25B Miner Split
π€© A New Age For Nuclear?
β A$25B Miner Split
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG), the fourth largest iron-ore miner in the world, is going through a bit of an odd-ball issue: uncertainty regarding a divorce between the chairman and his wife of 30+ years.
The tension is coming from the fact their co-ownership is quite large: 36% of the A$70B company.
The split has sparked rumours of a possible takeover should either of them be willing to sell their shares - at a 50/50 split, a 18.5% stake is still quite sizeable.
The company is speaking in a clean, PR-driven boundary of business as usual, but we could think of about 18.5 different ways this could become a blockbuster movie rather than a blockbuster move.
Sorry, itβs Friday and weβve run out of good punchlines. Better luck next week.
π€© A New Age For Nuclear?
Oklo, a nuclear-fission startup, plans to go public through a merger with AltC Acquisition, a SPAC co-founded by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.
The deal values Oklo at about $850 million and tests investor interest in clean-energy startups.
Oklo, which develops small modular nuclear reactors, plans to sell electricity in the competitive power market.
The company aims to prove its ability to deliver on time and budget, a challenge faced by prior large-scale nuclear projects.
The SPAC, AltC, currently holds $500 million that Oklo could use to expand its operations. Oklo also plans to develop nuclear fuel-recycling technologies.
π° In Other News:
π§ Visual Of The Day
π¨π¦ Largest explorers in the Golden Triangle - sub $100m
β MinerDeck (@MinerDeck)
1:21 PM β’ Jul 12, 2023
π¦ Tweet Of The Day
Boom!π₯ US @LastEnergy CEO Bret Kugelmass: βIn one week [in March], we sold more #Nuclear power plant contracts than any company in all of historyβπ§ΎβοΈπππ² worth $25.6 Billion for 51 #SMR microreactors to 8 customers in 3 countriesπ°π€ π #Uranium ππ fastcompany.com/90911220/last-β¦
β John Quakes (@quakes99)
4:38 AM β’ Jul 14, 2023
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