Mining giant eyes Australian deal
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Copper producer Antofagasta makes a $400m offer for Australian business Equatorial Mining, sparking a bid battle.
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest mining company, and Alcoa Inc. said they plan to sell shares in their metal-processing and distribution venture.
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Xstrata remained in focus on Wednesday amid rumours that the acquisitive mining group was weighing a move for Lionore Mining, a Canadian nickel producer valued at &pound;1.5bn.
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South Africa&#39;s Harmony Gold looking to create the world&#39;s biggest gold producer after it pounced on bigger domestic rival Gold Fields with an all-share takeover bid worth about $A11.
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WMC currently is fending off a AU$7.4 billion takeover bid by Switzerland-based Xstrata PLC. The mining company upgraded its earnings forecast to around $1.3 billion for the calendar year, above analysts&#39; expectations.
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A consortium led by Chinaâs biggest gold mining company, the Zijin Mining Group, has made a $185.4 million bid for the British copper mining company Monterrico Metals in what could become Chinaâs first outright takeover of an overseas listed company. The acquisition would be the latest in a series of low-profile but substantial purchases of overseas mining assets by Chinese companies, part of the countryâs quest to diversify supplies of strategically important resources. Monterrico, which is based in London, holds rights to the still-undeveloped Rio Blanco copper and molybdenum deposits in northern Peru, which the company says could yield up to 25 millions tons of copper ore a year. Zijin holds a 45 percent share in the consortium, with a Chinese copper mining company, Tongling, taking 35 percent and Xiamen C& D, a trading and real estate conglomerate, holding 20 percent, Zijin said.
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Another Australian mining company is destined for foreign ownership after Canada&#39;s LionOre Mining International Ltd.
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IF Xstrata&#39;s Scotch CEO Mick Davis thought he could get WMC Resources on the cheap he now knows otherwise. The Swiss miner is offering $7.4 billion, or $6.35 a share, for Australia&#39;s third biggest resources company.
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A $7.4 billion takeover bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources has seen its share price surge by 36 per cent. The Swiss-based mining house Xstrata wants to add WMC Resources to its Australian mining portfolio.
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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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The Anglo-Australian mining giant unveils record profits of $3.4bn, helped by soaring demand from China.
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BHP Billiton will plough a further $US575million ($770million) into expanding its Western Australian iron ore operations in a message to would-be rivals that the company is intent on keeping and growing its market share.
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JOHANNESBURG : South Africa&#39;s Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. said it would bid for control of Gold Fields Ltd, valuing it at 8.1 billion dollars (6.
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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 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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Gold Fields has made a secret offer to buy out its largest shareholder as a last-ditch defence against a hostile $8.1bn (Â£4.35bn) bid from Harmony, its rival South African gold producer.
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Global mining giant Anglo American said Friday it had bought a 70-percent share in the Foxleigh coal mine in Queensland, northeastern Australia, for 620 million US dollars (432 million euros).