BHP eyeing Alcan, sources say
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The world's largest mining group, BHP Billington Ltd.,  is considering a rival bid for aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  and has hired an investment bank, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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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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Stocks rose after the open on Monday helped by deal news, including a report that global miner BHP Billiton is reviving takeover plans for aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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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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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton say it has made an offer to buy its rival Rio Tinto.
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The world&#39;s biggest miner, BHP Billiton, was tightlipped Monday on reports that it is considering making a 50 billion US dollar takeover bid for US aluminium giant Alcoa Inc.
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Alcan Inc. has begun negotiating  toward a merger agreement with Rio Tinto PLC to fend off a  hostile bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc., Canada&#39;s the Globe and  Mail newspaper reported on its Web site.
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BHP Billiton is set to reveal much higher-than-expected gold reserves at an Australian site, a report says.
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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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Alcan Inc.  , which is fighting a hostile $28.8 billion bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc. , is closer to arranging a friendly deal involving Rio Tinto Plc   and is expected to make an announcement this week, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  ,  the world&#39;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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OSLO/KUALA LUMPUR  - Norwegian aluminum group Norsk Hydro  and global miner Rio Tinto   declined to confirm or deny reports that they may place separate bids for Canada's Alcan .
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MONTREAL (CP) - Alcan Inc. is buying a food packaging plant in Poland in an effort to increase the Montreal-based aluminum and packaging company's reach into Eastern Europe.
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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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Canadian aluminum giant Alcan Inc. has signed an agreement to buy gas from Australia&#39;s Woodside Petroleum for a planned 2 billion Australian dollar (US$1.
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Rio Tinto  , the world's second-largest mining group, on Tuesday dismissed talk that it was lining up a bid for Canadian aluminum maker Alcan  as speculation, but did not to deny the rumor outright.
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Rio Tinto Ltd.'s $38.1 billion takeover of Alcan Inc. is set to reap benefits from not just China's appetite for aluminum, but also the bauxite and alumina needed to make it, analysts said on Friday.