NOTA Inc. is planning an initial public offering in Tokyo as soon as December, according to people familiar with the matter, setting up what could be one of the larger deals in a down year for Japanese debuts.

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Mercuria Energy Group has placed another big bet on copper production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sealing a deal to buy metal from units of Shanghai Jayson New Energy Materials Group.

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