► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs<br /><br />Lex’s Joseph Cotterill and Alan Livsey discuss news that mining companies Rio Tinto and Glencore have talked of a potential merger of the two companies to create the world’s largest miner and commodities trader, before Rio’s board rejected the idea.<br /><br />For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video<br /><br />Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube; http://goo.gl/vUQx5k<br />Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo<br />Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes
