BHP Weighs Options in Rio Tinto Bid
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A move by China in a possible mining deal could sharply increase the price of what would be one of the biggest mergers in corporate history.
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Mining: British mining giant Rio Tinto will spend at least $200 million and perhaps as much as $2 billion - on drilling for a copper ore body in Superior.
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The world's largest miner BHP Billiton is under increasing pressure to sweeten its three-for-one share offer for Rio Tinto, a report said Wednesday.
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LONDON/MONTREAL  - Rio Tinto  , the world's second-biggest miner, is considering gate-crashing Alcoa Inc.'s  $28.6 billion hostile bid for Alcan Inc.  , sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Alcoa and China's Chinalco are "monitoring developments" after mining giant BHP Billiton's bid for Rio Tinto.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday reiterated its opposition to a takeover proposal from BHP Billiton in a letter to shareholders outlining latest developments in the bid.
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Shares in global miner Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc.  hit a record high on Thursday as investors bet it would launch a rival bid for Canada's Alcan Ltd. , topping the $28.8 billion that Alcoa Inc. has offered.
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MELBOURNE: The world&#39;s second-largest diversified miner, Rio Tinto Ltd Plc, said yesterday high oil prices were increasing its costs but were not dampening demand for its key commodities.
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The chairman of mining company Rio  Tinto Ltd/Plc  wrote to shareholders on Sunday,  urging them to take no action on a bid for the company by rival  miner BHP Billiton .
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BHP Billiton's  might have to sweeten its $147.4 billion bid for rival miner Rio Tinto  to win over shareholders, one fund manager said on Wednesday.
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Xstrata remained in focus on Wednesday amid rumours that the acquisitive mining group was weighing a move for Lionore Mining, a Canadian nickel producer valued at &pound;1.5bn.
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China has muscled in on miner  BHP Billiton's  attempts to buy rival Rio Tinto ,  with its biggest aluminum producer teaming up with U.S. group  Alcoa  to buy a 12 percent stake in Rio.
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Rio Tinto Chief Executive Tom  Albanese on Sunday left the door open to a sweetened takeover  offer from BHP Billiton, but said Rio would be happy to grow on  its own if BHP walked away.
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Business & money: Â· Group in talks with banks as deadline loomsÂ· Only increased offer will win over Rio Tinto board
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Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) sought to douse speculation on Monday that it was preparing to mount a counter bid to BHP Billiton  for Rio Tinto , saying it was happy to stick with the $14 billion stake it bought last week.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s BHP Billiton the world&#39;s biggest miner, said yesterday that China is likely to be a catalyst for an extended price rise in metals.
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Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc , fighting a takeover approach from rival BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  and scurrying to capture more of the global commodities boom, churned out record tonnages of iron ore, copper and other industrial minerals in 2007.