BHP Billiton Launches Hostile Bid for Rio Tinto
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The battle over Rio Tinto intensified after BHP Billiton increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake last week.
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The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton has responded to a deadline from British authorities on its proposed takeover bid for Rio Tinto by saying it is still seeking discussions with its rival.
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Business & money: Rio Tinto has wasted no time in rejecting the advances of BHP Billiton a second time
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Mining group Rio Tinto Ltd. (RTP) is considering trumping a GBP2.9 billion bid by rival Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) for Australian nickel miner WMC Resources Ltd.
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Harmony Gold Mining, the largest miner of South African gold, made a hostile bid yesterday to acquire Gold Fields Ltd., another South African miner, for 52.
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HARMONY Gold Miningâs $8.1 billion (Â£4.5 billion) hostile takeover offer for Gold Fields took an acrimonious turn last night when the much-larger target company appealed against a regulatory
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Harmony Gold Mining's hostile bid today to acquire buy Gold sparked what is certain to be a bitter takeover battle.
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The board of Gold Fields Ltd. urged shareholders Thursday to reject a US$8.1 billion (euro6.36 billion) hostile takeover bid by South African gold producer Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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LONDON/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's biggest miner, is in talks with private equity firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S. aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.
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BHP Billiton must make a formal offer for Rio Tinto by 6 February or walk away, the UK's Takeover Panel says.
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Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto launched a 38.1-billion-dollar offer for Canada&#39;s Alcan on Thursday, trumping US rival Alcoa in a mammoth bid to create the world&#39;s largest aluminium company.
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BHP increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake in Rio Tinto last week.
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BHP Billiton must decide by Wednesday if it will proceed with a bid for Rio Tinto after China intervened with a strategic investment that could sharply increase the price of the merger.
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Xstrata Plc., which has made a hostile A$7.4 billion ($5.7 billion) bid for WMC Resources Ltd., said it received the first acceptance of its offer for the world&#39;s fifth largest nickel producer.
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The Swiss mining company Xstrata began a hostile $5.8 billion bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources yesterday, in what analysts said could turn into an international bidding war
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Xstrata yesterday took its $5.8 billion (Â£3.1 billion) cash bid for Australian miner WMC hostile, laying the ground for another major takeover clash between the old guard and the new of the mining world.
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PHILADELPHIA/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton   is unlikely to increase its $130 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire mining rival Rio Tinto   by a February 6 deadline, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. BHP could be trying to pressure Rio to negotiate by holding firm with its three-for-one share offer, which has yet to be formalized, the newspaper said, citing sources familiar with the company's plans.