The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Monday: * London-listed miner Xstrata is close to winning the $8 billion auction for Colombia's second-biggest coal miner, a newspaper said, without citing sources. [ID:nLDE70805H] * China Railway Materials Commercial Co Ltd (CRMSC) plans raise up to 12 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) in a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong around the end this year, the semi-official China Business News said on Monday. [ID:nTOE708014] * British medical equipment firm Smith & Nephew rejected a 7 billion-pound ($10.9 billion) takeover approach from U.S. rival Johnson & Johnson late last year, Sky News said, without citing sources. [ID:nLDE70807T]
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