Copper Firms to Merge In $26 Billion Takeover
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Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has agreed to buy Phelps Dodge Corp. for $25.9 billion in cash and stock to form the world's largest publicly traded copper company.
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A long-anticipated merger may soon come true.
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The deal will create a global offshore oil giant Energy firms Statoil and Norsk Hydro have unveiled plans to merge their offshore oil and gas operations, creating a global industry giant.Comment
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The Federal Communications Commission is slated to approve the $67 billion purchase of BellSouth by telecom giant AT&T, formerly known as SBC. Shareholders approved the merger in July and expected government regulators to demand the combined company shed some assets.
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Company send a notice to employees saying its business user organization will move over to Business Objects, a company it's acquiring as part of a $6.8 billion deal.
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Goldcorp and Glamis Gold agreed to a friendly merger worth about $21.3 billion.
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Phelps Dodge  on Monday said it  would acquire Inco  and Falconbridge  for about  &#36;40 billion in a blockbuster deal to create a top global copper  and nickel miner.
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EuroZinc Mining Corp. has acquired for $22 million US the price participation rights granted to Rio Tinto on copper sales from the Neves-Corvo mine in Portugal.
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The NASD and NYSE Group yesterday said they plan to merge their regulatory operations in a move designed to reduce costly duplications.
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Privately-owned Dutch steelmaker LNM Group said Monday it plans to merge its two main divisions, Ispat International NV and LNM Holdings NV, and then take over US-based International Steel Group, which would make it the largest steel company in the world.
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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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Inco, one of CanadaÂs two largest mining companies, agreed Sunday to be acquired by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce of Brazil for $17 billion.
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Earlier Harmony announced the terms of a proposed merger between it and Gold Fields (GFI), under which Harmony proposes to acquire the entire issued share capital of Gold Fields in exchange for the issue to Gold Fields shareholders of new shares in Harmony
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Both companies get shareholder nod for $11 billion merger intended to improve efficiencies, competitive muscle.
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Transocean Inc. and the GlobalSantaFe Corporation said today that they would seek to consolidate their lead in a fast-growing market.
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Summit Properties Inc. has agreed to merge with Houston-based Camden Property Trust in a $1.9 billion transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Summit stockholders may elect to receive $31.
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The Chicago Board of Trade got the final approval from shareholders to merge with the Merc in an $11.9 billion deal.