The mining group wedged itself into a hole with the acquisition of Alcan, and Mr Leng and his colleagues-to-be have clashed on the best way out. With debt payments looming, the chairman-elect wanted the breathing space of a rights issue, reasoning that Rio's financial problems warranted a financial solution. Incumbent directors, by contrast, were keen on a big cash injection from state-owned Chinalco, Rio's largest shareholder.
這家礦業(yè)集團(tuán)收購加拿大鋁業(yè)(Alcan),使自己陷入了一個困境,棱與他未來的同事們在選擇最佳出路的問題上發(fā)生分歧。在債務(wù)償付的時刻即將來臨之際,這位當(dāng)選董事長有意通過配股發(fā)行得到喘息空間,其邏輯是力拓的財務(wù)問題要由財務(wù)方案來解決。而董事會的現(xiàn)有成員則熱衷于爭取從力拓的最大股東——中國國有的中鋁(Chinalco)得到大筆注資。