BHP Billiton not currently eyeing Alcoa: sources
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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 , sources close to the matter said on Tuesday, playing down a newspaper report.
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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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Alcoa Inc. is part of a three-company consortium that will buy a major natural-gas pipeline in Australia for $1.3 billion. The consortium, which includes Diversified Utility &amp; Energy Trusts (DUET) and Alinta
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Resource stocks such as BHP Billiton   BHP.AX slid on Tuesday, hit by weak commodity prices, raising   the risk for similar declines in European peers but oil and   gold eked out a small rebound after recent steep falls.
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MELBOURNE: BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc, the world&#39;s largest diversified miner, said yesterday it would buy back up to A$1.5bil of its Australia-listed shares at a discount to the market price.
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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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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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Shares of Alcan Inc. &lt;AL.TO&gt; &lt;AL.N&gt; rose some 3 percent on Wednesday morning on a report it was talking to BHP Billiton &lt;BHP.AX&gt; &lt;BHP.N&gt; as the Canadian aluminum maker opposes a hostile $28 billion bid by U.S. rival Alcoa Inc. &lt;AA.N&gt;.
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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.   has rebuffed requests by Alcoa Inc.  for a meeting to discuss Alcoa's hostile $28.6 billion offer for the Canadian aluminum producer, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton and Alcoa, the world's largest aluminium producer, have agreed to sell their metal services joint venture Integris Metals for 660 million dollars (359 million pounds) including debt, a joint statement said.
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Australian mining group WMC Resources Ltd has formally rejected a 7.4 billion dollar (5.73 billion US) takeover bid by Swiss-based Xstrata Plc, using an independent report to back its view the offer was neither fair or reasonable.
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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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GLOBAL miner BHP Billiton Ltd and the world&#39;s largest aluminium producer, Alcoa Inc, plan to raise up to $US100 million ($138 million) in calendar 2004 by selling shares in their metal-processing
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WMC Resources Ltd., the world&#39;s fifth- largest nickel metal producer, said it rejected aA$7.4 billion ($5.5 billion) takeover bid from Xstrata Plc as too low.
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NEW YORK, August 23 (New Ratings) - Alcoa Inc (AA.NYS) and BHP Billiton have announced their plans for an initial public offering filing for their metal processing and distribution joint venture, Integris Metals Corporation.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Alcoa Inc. and Australia&#39;s BHP Billiton have agreed to sell Integris Metals to Ryerson Tull for $410 million in cash, plus assumption of $250 million in debt, the companies said late Tuesday.