Xstrata ups bid for Resource Pacific to A$1.1 bln
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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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BHP Billiton sweetened its bid for Rio Tinto Wednesday, lifting its valuation of the mining giant to 147.4 billion dollars as it presses for a mega-takeover to exploit a resources boom driven by China.
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THE Australian dollar was trading stronger today as news of a takeover bid for Australian mining company WMC Resources supported the currency during morning trading.
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BHP increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake in Rio Tinto last week.
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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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British-Swiss resources group Xstrata relaunched its already-rejected 7.4 billion dollar (3.1 billion pound) bid for WMC Resources, this time pitching the offer directly to WMC shareholders rather than through the company.
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Xstrata PLC, the world's third-largest copper producer, said Tuesday it will raise 2.9 billion pounds ($5.47 billion) in a special equity offering to help finance its takeover of Canadian mining company Falconbridge Ltd.
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SYDNEY/NEW YORK  - U.S. coal firm Peabody Energy   Corp. BTU.N raised its bid for Australia's Excel Coal Ltd.   EXL.AX by nearly 12 percent to A$2 billion, but speculation   about a rival offer pushed Excel shares above Peabody's new   offer price.
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The business software maker hopes to prod rival Oracle into raising its current bid by $1.5 billion.
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Russian mining company OAO Norilsk Nickel on Wednesday raised its bid offer for Canadian gold and nickel producer LionOre to $6.27 billion.
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Yesterday, the company increased its Asian-Pacific market share with the purchase of Tech Pacific.
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MONTREAL/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc  offered $38.1 billion to buy Canada's Alcan Inc in an agreed deal to create the world's No. 1 aluminum producer, trumping a hostile bid by Alcoa Inc
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Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc  on  Monday offered A$3.1 billion ($2.8 billion) for Australian  nickel miner Jubilee Mines NL , seeking to consolidate  its position as a global nickel producer.
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WMC Resources, the Australian mining group fighting a hostile A$7.4bn takeover bid from Xstrata, is to return up to A$1bn (US$1.3bn) to shareholders after yesterday upgrading its profit forecast for 2004.
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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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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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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.