Brazilâs Vale Confirms Talks to Merge With Xstrata
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The worldâs largest producer of iron ore, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce of Brazil, said it was in talks with a rival, Swiss-based Xstrata, about a merger.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Monday it has held takeover talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata, which analysts said could lead to deal worth more than $100 billion.
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A major re-ordering of South Africa&#39;s gold mining industry is expected to get under way today with Gold Fields of South Africa poised to announce a multi-billion dollar merger with one of its big Johannesburg-based rivals, most likely Harmony Gold.
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Juninho's transfer from Middlesbrough to Celtic has been completed and the Brazilian World Cup playmaker could be available for the Old Firm derby with Rangers on Sunday.
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As Swiss-based miner Xstrata pushes ahead with its A$7.4bn (US$5.8bn) hostile takeover bid for WMC Resources, debate over the deal has narrowed to one key issue - the potential of the Australian miner&#39;s giant Olympic Dam project.
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MELBOURNE: Swiss-based miner Xstrata said on Monday it would take its A$7.4bn ($5.8bn) bid for Australiaâs WMC Resources directly to shareholders, turning hostile after WMCâs management rebuffed its offer last month.
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WMC is the subject of a new offer from the Swiss-based mining giant, Xstrata. After last month&#39;s bid through a scheme of arrangement was knocked back, Xstrata has launched an off-market takeover bid for all shares in WMC.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale said  Monday it was in talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a  takeover, a deal that analysts said could top $100 billion in  one of the biggest mergers ever.
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The struggling Swiss reinsurer Converium revealed it was in advanced talks with potential partners as it considered a range of strategic options for the company's future.
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XSTRATA saw its shares fall 1.4 per cent yesterday after the London-listed miner said it was taking its A$7.4 billion (Â£3.12bn) offer for Australiaâs WMC Resources hostile, following a rebuff from the WMC board last month.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 2 (IPS) - No one is admitting it publicly, but there is now  little doubt that nine years of negotiations to reach a free  trade agreement between South America's Mercosur trade bloc  and the European Union have failed, without even leaving any real  hope for the coming year.
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Sprint - the US&#39;s third biggest mobile telco - and fifth-place rival Nextel are reportedly in talks about a possible merger. The deal would create a carrier with approximately 39m subscribers and a market value of around $70bn.
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Manchester United Plc, the world&#39;s biggest soccer club by revenue, ended talks with US billionaire Malcolm Glazer about a possible takeover offer.
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Swiss mining firm Xstrata has relaunched an $7.4bn Australian dollar ($5.8bn) takeover bid for Australia&#39;s WMC by appealing to its shareholders.
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The United States and Brazil will look for ways this weekend to bridge bitter divisions between rich and poor nations that led to the collapse of trade liberalization talks, Washington's chief trade negotiator said Friday.
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Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc   and Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA) have been in serious talks over a  46 billion pound ($90.6 billion) takeover but the miners appear  to have reached an impasse, the Financial Times said.
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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.