BHP Billiton not currently eyeing Alcoa: source
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SYDNEY/LONDON  - Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd.   is not currently working on a bid for U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa Inc , a source close to the matter said on Tuesday, playing down a newspaper report.
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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.
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Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are reportedly preparing rival $40m takeover bids for US firm Alcoa.
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Alcoa Inc. is being targeted by two foreign mining giants who are each preparing $40 billion takeover bids for the aluminum producer, a British newspaper reported. Alcoa shares rose $2.10, or 6.4 percent, to $35, yesterday although some analysts questioned whether such a deal was likely.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton says it is offering to buy rival Rio Tinto in a deal worth about Â£75bn.
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China's state-owned Chinalco said Monday it had no plans to increase its stake in miner Rio Tinto after acquiring 12 percent of the London-listed arm of the company in a joint share raid with Alcoa Inc.
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Sydney - Global resources giant BHP Billiton on Tuesday announced a share buy-back of A$1 billion to A$1.5 billion (R4.65 billion to R6.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Citing synchronized world growth, China&#39;s strong demand growth and relatively low inventory levels, Anglo-Australian resources giant BHP Billiton said Wednesday that current high commodity prices could be maintained.
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China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denied the Chinese government would mount a legal challenge against BHP Billiton's  proposal to take over rival Australian miner Rio Tinto .
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Alcoa Inc.  said on Thursday it has withdrawn its $29 billion offer for Alcan Inc.   in light of Rio Tinto's   agreement to purchase the Canadian aluminum company for $38 billion.
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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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MONTREAL/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc  offered $38.1 billion to buy Canada's Alcan Inc in an agreed deal to create the world's No. 1 aluminum producer, trumping a hostile bid by Alcoa Inc
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China has muscled in on the miner BHP Billitonâs attempts to buy rival Rio Tinto, with its biggest aluminum producer teaming up with American group Alcoa to buy a 12 percent stake.
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Australia&#39;s S&amp;P/ASX 200 Index fell from a record as miners such as BHP Billiton and Bluescope Steel Ltd. declined on concern that global growth will slow next year.
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Rio Tinto  , the  world&#39;s second-biggest miner, is considering gate-crashing  Alcoa Inc.&#39;s  $28.6 billion hostile bid for Alcan Inc.   , sources familiar with the matter said on  Friday.
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Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips yesterday rejected a deal to stay in multibillion-dollar projects that Venezuela is nationalizing, increasing the chances two of the world's top oil companies will leave the OPEC nation, two sources close to the talks said.
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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.