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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CVRD became the world's second-largest mining company in October by acquiring Inco, a nickel producer in Canada.

在十月，借由兼并加拿大的镍厂Inco, CVRD成为了世界第二大的矿业公司。

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Scott Hand, chairman and chief executive of Inco, said his company's offer had been raised to reflect rising metal prices.

国际镍业(Inco)董事长兼首席执行官斯科特·汉德(Scott Hand)表示，该公司上调了出价，以反映金属价格的不断上涨。

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He angled two large mining companies, Inco and Falconbridge, into a bidding war.

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Earlier this year, the shareholders of Inco and Falconbridge rejected a three-way tie-up with Phelps Dodge, an American copper miner.

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And Canada-based Inco (nyse: N - news - people ) is among the leading providers of nickel globally.

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