Shares in Bunge, the world’s largest oilseed processor, jumped as a lot as 5 per cent on Thursday after stories of preliminary deal talks with Glencore-backed grain dealer Viterra.
A possible merger, which was first reported by Bloomberg, would create an agribusiness powerhouse rivalling Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland.
St Louis-based Bunge, which generated $1.6bn in web revenue final 12 months, buys and sells grains world wide, in addition to proudly owning a community of processing and storage services.
Viterra, which was previously often known as Glencore Agriculture, beforehand approached Bunge a few potential deal in 2017. Viterra reported web revenue of $1bn final 12 months.
Glencore and Bunge declined to remark. Viterra didn’t reply to a request for remark.
