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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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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The bond insurer is raising $1 billion in an effort to stay afloat.
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MELBOURNE: Swiss-based miner Xstrata said on Monday it would take its A$7.4bn ($5.8bn) bid for Australiaâs WMC Resources directly to shareholders, turning hostile after WMCâs management rebuffed its offer last month.
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Australian mining firm WMC Resources says it is worth up to 30% more than a hostile $5.8bn takeover bid by Swiss rival Xstrata.
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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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SWISS mining giant Xstrata issued documents yesterday backing its hostile $7.4 billion cash offer for WMC Resources, and cranked up a fear campaign to focus shareholder attention on the downside risk if the bid was to lapse.
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Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe&#39;s second-largest oil company, will boost investment in its European oil and gas unit by $150 million to $1.
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Swiss-based miner Xstrata says it will take its A$7.4 billion (3.1 billion pound) bid for Australia&#39;s WMC Resources directly to the company&#39;s shareholders, effectively making a hostile bid after WMC&#39;s management rejected its offer
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OLYMPIC DAM, South Australia (Dow Jones)--WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) is pinning its defense from aA$7.4 billion takeover bid by Xstrata PLC (XTA.
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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 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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XSTRATA, the diversified miner, will have to increase its A$7.4 billion (Â£3.1 billion) bid for WMC Resources if it is to succeed, analysts have said.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) Monday launched a hostile A$7.4 billion bid for WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU), increasing pressure on Australia&#39;s last sizable
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Xstrata Plc  said it has agreed to pay A$3.1 billion ($2.8 billion) for Australian nickel miner Jubilee Mines Ltd , seeking to consolidate its position as a leading nickel producer.
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First-half earnings at Xstrata Plc   rose 42 percent on higher commodity prices, a stronger  dollar and efficiency gains, the Swiss-based company said on  Wednesday.
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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.