Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Nouveau Monde Graphite

10/04/2026 10:35

April 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday:

** Italy's Eni  has agreed to acquire a minority stake in natural graphite producer Nouveau Monde Graphite  for $70 million, giving it access to a critical material used in battery storage and other energy transition technologies.

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** Artificial intelligence companies Cohere of Canada and Aleph Alpha of Germany are in talks to merge and have Berlin's support for a potential deal, newspaper Handelsblatt reported late on Thursday.

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** Heineken has sold its stake in Bralima, its brewing subsidiary in Democratic Republic of Congo, ending decades of direct ownership in a market where conflict had severely disrupted its business.

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** Japan's Daiwa Securities Group has agreed to take full control of its China joint venture in a 706 million yuan ($103.36 million) deal, the latest move by a foreign financial firm to boost its presence in China, official filings showed.

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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Pranav Mathur in Bengaluru)

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