Anglo shareholders have many reasons to doubt $50 billion Teck mega

Next month shareholders in London-based mining giant Anglo-American will gather at City lawyers Linklaters' 1980's office in the shadow of the Barbican to vote on the firms' $50 billion powerhouse copper merger with Canada's Teck Resources.

The proposed deal - the second biggest mining merger ever - would consolidate two vast copper fields in Chile , Collahuasi, operated by Anglo American, and Quebrada Blanca, operated by Teck.

Called Anglo Teck, the firm would be headquartered in Vancouver - a further blow to the UK mining sector after BHP left the City in 2022 - though it will remain primarily listed in the London.

Yet issues over the deal keep emerging, not least Chile’s environmental authorities voicing longstanding concerns over air pollution and damage to glaciers in the c