offer monday january 29 ..... wait for it, page-9

Heres a bit more of the rumour ... thanx to Denty (I can imagine him one finger typing out that article for us)

"A number of partieshave been bandied about as potentional bidders, including private equity groups, However sources continue to point to a potential $250 million-plus offer for the manganes businessfrom a Russian funded consortium possibly associated with former BHP chief Brian Gilbertson, who is currently heading aggressive Russian aluminum group Sual as it completes a $US 30 billion merger with bigger rival Rusal."