The possible collapse of a plan to combine trading house Glencorewith miner Xstratawould lift the value of failed mergers in the natural resources industry to almost $1tn in the past decade.

交易所嘉能可(Glencore)与矿商斯特拉塔(Xstrata)一项合并计划可能破裂，这将把过去10年间自然资源行业失败的并购价值推高到近1万亿美元。

Bankers and industry executives say that the troubled Glencore-Xstrata merger is the latest in a series of deal setbacks, following an era of commodities mega-deals in the early 2000s.

银行家和业界高管表示，陷入困境的嘉能可-斯特拉塔并购案是一系列交易挫败中的最新一起。此前在21世纪最初几年大宗商品行业大型并购频繁。

They say acquisitions in mining, oil and gas have faced greater headwinds from lower raw materials prices, rising shareholder activism, higher regulatory scrutiny and financial market turmoil.

他们表示，采矿、石油和天然气行业的收购近期面临各种逆风，包括更低的原材料价格、股东维权意识增强、更为严格的监管审查以及金融市场动荡。

Marius Kloppers, chief executive of BHP Billiton, recently suggested that the prospect of significant M and A in the sector was small. In the case of BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining group, he added, the chance was “nothing to very low.

全球最大矿业集团必和必拓(BHP Billiton)首席执行官高瑞思(Marius Kloppers)最近表示，该行业出现重大并购的前景比较校他补充道，就必和必拓而言，可能性“不存在或者微乎其微。

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