The records may not stop there: two other mining firms, Xstrata and Teck Cominco, had previously bid for Falconbridge and Inco respectively, and could make further offers.

纪录也许还会进一步被刷新——此前，另外两家矿业公司瑞士Xstrata和Teck Cominco公司也曾各自对鹰桥和Inco提出过收购要约，并且有可能进一步抬高价码。

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The other companies Lacey referred to include Opti Canada, Royal Dutch Shell and the Forest Hills project conducted by Petro-Canada, UTS, and Teck Cominco.

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Oil sands observers think Total wants Fort Hills bad enough that it will pay up to buy out both UTS' and Teck Cominco's stakes in order to partner with Petro-Canada one-on-one.

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After the mining company, which is working on properties in Western Canada and Alaska, said it and partner Teck Cominco halted an unexpectedly costly mining project in British Columbia, its shares lost more than half their value on Monday.

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