BHP seeks partner for Alcoa bid: paper
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LONDON/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's biggest miner, is in talks with private equity firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S. aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.
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A joint venture between Alcoa Inc. and BHP Billiton has filed to go public through an offering worth as much as $100 million, according to regulatory filings and the companies.
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Underperforming U.S. aluminum giant  Alcoa  is ripe for takeover, and analysts see Australian  resource companies BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto as likely  predators.
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Chinese mining group Chinalco said on  Friday it had teamed up with U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa   to buy a 12 percent in Rio Tinto .
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Stock futures rose on Monday, boosted by a flurry of deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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Alcoa Inc. (AA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest aluminum producer, and BHP Billiton (BHP.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) are selling a metal distribution joint
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Australia's Alumina Ltd. , said  it had no information regarding media speculation that BHP  Billiton Ltd./Plc.  or Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc   may bid for its partner Alcoa Inc. .
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Aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  has begun negotiating toward a merger agreement with Rio Tinto Plc to fend off a hostile bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc. , a Canadian newspaper said on Wednesday.
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc  , the world's biggest mining group, has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminium producer Alcoa Inc. , the Times newspaper said in an unsourced report on Monday.
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China has muscled in on the miner BHP Billitonâs attempts to buy rival Rio Tinto, with its biggest aluminum producer teaming up with American group Alcoa to buy a 12 percent stake.
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The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton has responded to a deadline from British authorities on its proposed takeover bid for Rio Tinto by saying it is still seeking discussions with its rival.
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SYDNEY/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc has agreed to buy Canadian aluminum company Alcan Inc. for $38.1 billion, in a bid to create the world's biggest aluminum company.
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Aluminium Corp of China and US giant Alcoa have agreed to pay 14.05 billion dollars for 12 percent of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto plc, Chinese state media said Friday.
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Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto offered 38.1 billion dollars for Canada&#39;s Alcan Thursday, trumping US rival Alcoa with a proposed merger that would create the world largest aluminium company.
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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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China's state-owned aluminum giant Chinalco and U.S. partner Alcoa Inc  had agreed to buy up to 14.9 percent of Rio Tinto Plc  this month and had up to $24 billion to spend, according to a January 30 memo.
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Australian company trumps hostile bid from Alcoa with $43B friendly offer.