BHP Billiton Launches Hostile Bid for Rio Tinto
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BHP Billiton formally launched a $147.4 billion hostile takeover bid for rival miner Rio Tinto.
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LONDON/BEIJING  - China has muscled in on miner BHP Billiton's  attempts to buy rival Rio Tinto , with its biggest aluminum producer teaming up with U.S. group Alcoa  to buy a 12 percent stake in Rio.
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HARMONY Gold Miningâs $8.1 billion (Â£4.5 billion) hostile takeover offer for Gold Fields took an acrimonious turn last night when the much-larger target company appealed against a regulatory
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The Swiss mining company Xstrata began a hostile $5.8 billion bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources yesterday, in what analysts said could turn into an international bidding war
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton says it is offering to buy rival Rio Tinto in a deal worth about Â£75bn.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's No.1 miner, formally launched a $147.4 billion takeover bid on Wednesday for rival Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc .
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc   formally launched a $147.4 billion takeover bid on Wednesday  for rival Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc .
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Mining group Rio Tinto Ltd. (RTP) is considering trumping a GBP2.9 billion bid by rival Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) for Australian nickel miner WMC Resources Ltd.
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NEW YORK/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining group, is considering a bid to rival a $28.7 billion offer for aluminum producer Alcan Inc. , and has hired investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. , sources familiar with the matter said.
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Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto launched a 38.1-billion-dollar offer for Canada&#39;s Alcan on Thursday, trumping US rival Alcoa in a mammoth bid to create the world&#39;s largest aluminium company.
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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 bitterly fought $8.1bn (Â£4.5bn) bid battle for control of Gold Fields is set to become even more acrimonious this week when Harmony Gold Mining launches a fresh attack on its target&#39;s track record.
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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 must make a formal offer for Rio Tinto by 6 February or walk away, the UK's Takeover Panel says.
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Business & money: Rio Tinto has wasted no time in rejecting the advances of BHP Billiton a second time
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BHP Billiton lifted its bid for mining giant Rio Tinto Wednesday, valuing its target at 147.4 billion dollars as it seeks a mega-merger to exploit the China-driven resources boom.
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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.