"Experts said yesterday there is a chance a fourth company could enter the takeover battle with a bid for Lundin or Equinox. One possibility is Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., which is Lundin's partner and the operator of the Tenke project.
However, the odds of that happening are considered low, as a combined Equinox-Lundin or Inmet-Lundin is viewed as a better target than those companies on their own."