Xstrata sets hostile bid for WMC
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Xstrata on Monday launched a hostile bid for the Australian miner WMC Resources in what analysts predicted could turn into an international bidding war as the global hunt for inexpensive resources to supply China intensifies.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Swiss-based Xstrata Plc (XTA.LN) Thursday put WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) in play, offering A$7.4 billion for the Australian miner that represents the start of a long bidding war.
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Australia's competition body says it would not oppose Swiss mining giant Xstrata's proposed take-over of Australian rival WMC Resources.
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Mining giant Xstrata tables a bid for Australian nickel producer Jubilee Mines for 3bn Australian dollars ($2.8bn; Â£1.34bn).
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It&#039;s Xstrata Plc&#039;s  turn to make  a move for Falconbridge Ltd.  after miners Inco Ltd.  , Phelps Dodge Corp.  and Falconbridge sweetened  the terms of their proposed &#36;41 billion three-way merger.
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SYDNEY: Xstrata Plc, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of coal for power plants, will make a hostile A$7.4bil (US$5.8bil) cash offer for WMC Resources Ltd.
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British-Swiss resources group Xstrata has relaunched its already-rejected 7.4 billion dollar (5.7 billion US) bid for WMC Resources, this time pitching the offer directly to WMC shareholders rather than through the company.
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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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Pharmacy benefits manager Express  Scripts Inc.  is planning to make a $26 billion hostile  bid on Monday for rival Caremark RX , the New York Times  reported on its Web site, citing people briefed on the  company's plan.
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Trying to derail Xstrata Plc.&#39;s (XTA.LN) hostile takeover bid, WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) Thursday said it will return up to A$1 billion to shareholders
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Xstrata Plc, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of coal for power plants, will make a hostile A$7.4 billion ($5.8 billion) cash offer for WMC Resources Ltd.
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WMC currently is fending off a AU$7.4 billion takeover bid by Switzerland-based Xstrata PLC. The mining company upgraded its earnings forecast to around $1.3 billion for the calendar year, above analysts&#39; expectations.
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Swiss firm Xstrata relaunches a takeover bid for Australian mining company WMC Resources by appealing directly to its shareholders.
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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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SWISS mining giant Xstrata issued documents backing its hostile $7.4 billion cash offer for WMC Resources yesterday and cranked up a fear campaign to focus shareholders on the downside risk if the bid were to lapse.
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SYDNEY Xstrata, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of power-station coal, offered 7.4 billion Australian dollars, or $5.5 billion, for WMC Resources on Thursday to add nickel and copper mines to its portfolio.
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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.