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Ruminant Biotech, a New Zealand-based tech business looking to reduce methane emissions from pasture-based livestock, has raised around $9.5m in a Series A fundraising.

Australian miner BHP Group has said that it is no longer considering a combination of the two mining giants and will instead focus on organic growth. Anglo American is in the process of a merger of equals with Teck Resources.

The second foreign currency-denominated sovereign bond from China within a month has seen record popularity, and was oversubscribed 25 times.

It is the group's largest public IABS issuance to date and its first in the Rule 144A/Reg S format with US onshore investors involved. Clifford Capital's group CEO told FA the deal "reflects the growing interest and appetite in infrastructure returns from institutional investors".

Mutares is expected to acquire a majority stake in two manufacturing sites in China from Hwaseung; the signing of the deal is expected in Q4.

Jean-François Mastrangelo has joined the British bank in Hong Kong; he most recently worked at Societe Generale.

Hong Kong-based Anoop Chaudhry will lead the Asia Pacific power, utilities, and infrastructure group at the global bank.

The funds will be mobilised to support initiatives such as the Asean Power Grid, in collaboration with four Malaysian banks.