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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Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are reportedly preparing rival $40m takeover bids for US firm Alcoa.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  ,  the world's No.1 miner, launched a hostile $147.4 billion bid  for Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc , a deal that would be the  world's second largest takeover if successful.
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SA&#39;s largest gold producer, Harmony, is expected to launch a hostile bid for rival gold company Gold Fields today, in concert with Gold Fields&#39; largest shareholder, Russia&#39;s Norilsk.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton say it has made an offer worth $147bn to buy rival Rio Tinto.
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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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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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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest mining company, and Alcoa Inc. said they plan to sell shares in their metal-processing and distribution venture.
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The board of Gold Fields Ltd. urged its shareholders Wednesday to reject an $8.1 billion hostile takeover bid by its smaller South African gold producing rival, Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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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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The chairman of mining company Rio  Tinto Ltd/Plc  wrote to shareholders on Sunday,  urging them to take no action on a bid for the company by rival  miner BHP Billiton .
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) remains in the hunt for WMC Resources Ltd. (WMC) with an internal team assessing its options for making a counter offer to Xstrata PLC&#39;s (XTA.
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Rio Tinto , the world's second-biggest miner, is considering gatecrashing Alcoa Inc.'s  $28 billion hostile bid for North American rival Alcan Inc. , sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Business & money: Shares in world's largest miner down almost 6% in London after hostile Â£75bn takeover bid for Rio Tinto
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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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The chairman of mining company Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc  wrote to shareholders on Sunday, urging them to take no action on a bid for the company by rival miner BHP Billiton .
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Troubled British Energy seeks to delist from the stock market as it fights opposition to its restructuring plan by rebel shareholders.