Buyouts boost profits at Xstrata
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Profits at mining group Xstrata more than double, boosted by acquisitions and rising metals prices.
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The company raises earnings guidance, boosting the stock.
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A $7.4 billion takeover bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources has seen its share price surge by 36 per cent. The Swiss-based mining house Xstrata wants to add WMC Resources to its Australian mining portfolio.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) - Swiss mining conglomerate Xstrata said Thursday it has offered to buy the entire issued share capital of Australian company WMC Resources for A$7.
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Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata  offered A$3.1 billion ($2.8 billion) on Monday for Australia's fifth-largest nickel producer Jubilee Mines NL , the latest outback miner to catch the eye of a big international firm as metal prices soar.
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Swiss-based Xstrata Plc  said on  Tuesday it had effectively taken control of Canadian miner  Falconbridge Ltd. , as it extended its all-cash bid  expiry date to give it more time to obtain remaining shares in  the company it does not already own.
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SHARES in WMC Resources surged 36 per cent yesterday after it revealed it had become a takeover target for Swiss mining giant Xstrata.
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The Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata has said that it now owned 92.1 percent of common shares in the Canadian group Falconbridge.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Xstrata Plc (XTA.LN) said Monday that its A$6.35-a-share cash bid for Australia&#39;s WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.
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Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc offered A$3.1 billion ($2.8 billion) on Monday for Australia's fifth-largest nickel producer Jubilee Mines NL, the latest outback miner to catch the eye of a big international firm as metal prices soar.
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Great expectations have lifted the company's shares -- but is it time to cash out?
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Swiis mining group Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) said Tuesday it is willing to consider listing on the Australian Stock Exchange if its bid for WMC Resources Ltd.
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Swiss-based Xstrata  on Friday  raised its cash offer for Australian coal miner Resource  Pacific Ltd  by 12 percent to A$1.08 billion ($964  million) and declared it final.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets jumped higher thanks to takeover talk in the banking, travel and stock exchange sectors, dealers said Wednesday.
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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 has held takeover talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata, which analysts said could lead to a deal worth more than $100 billion and one of the biggest mergers ever.
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Stocks rose on Monday as stronger-than-expected profits in the pharmaceutical sector and news of a takeover in the oil services industry fueled a rebound from Friday's sell-off.