BHP Billiton reportedly taps more banks for Rio bid
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BHP Billiton has brought in more banks to help it find the $70 billion it needs to fund its planned takeover of Rio Tinto , Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported.
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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 Ltd. , the  world&#39;s largest mining group, is considering a bid to rival a  $28.7 billion offer for aluminum producer Alcan Inc. ,  and has hired investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. ,  sources familiar with the matter said.
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BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, said it held talks with Russia's energy ministry this week amid reports it was considering a significant investment in the country's massive energy reserves.
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BHP Billiton, the AngloAustralian mining group, announced plans yesterday to increase production amid surging demand for commodities.
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BHP Billiton lifted its bid for mining giant Rio Tinto Wednesday, valuing its target at 147.4 billion dollars as it seeks a mega-merger to exploit the China-driven resources boom.
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Stock futures rose on Monday, boosted by a flurry of deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, approved a total of $1.5 billion to expand its copper and iron ore output amid increasing global metals demand led by China.
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The government is to offer more financial support to potential private sector buyers of Northern Rock.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. , the worldâs largest diversified miner, said on Tuesday it would buy back up to A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) of its shares.
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BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, is preparing a hostile bid for peer Rio Tinto whose board has turned down a friendly approach worth billions of US dollars, British newspapers said Sunday.
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Business & money: BHP Billiton to announce first-half results today as deadline for formal offer for Rio Tinto is reached
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Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto said on Tuesday that it planned to invest 1.8 billion dollars (1.3 billion euros) to expand its aluminium plant in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc , the world's biggest mining group, has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminium producer Alcoa Inc., the Times newspaper said in an unsourced report on Monday.
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NEW YORK/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining group, is considering a bid to rival a $28.7 billion offer for aluminum producer Alcan Inc. , and has hired investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. , sources familiar with the matter said.
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MELBOURNE/SYDNEY  - Rio Tinto's   shares surged on Wednesday amid market talk that an improved offer had prompted the firm to open its books to suitor BHP Billiton   and media reports which said Rio had signaled a price at which it would sell out.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc ,  the world&#39;s biggest mining group, has revived plans for a $40  billion takeover of aluminium producer Alcoa Inc., the  Times newspaper said in an unsourced report on Monday.