BHP eyeing rival bid for Alcan: sources
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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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Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) sought to douse speculation on Monday that it was preparing to mount a counter bid to BHP Billiton  for Rio Tinto , saying it was happy to stick with the $14 billion stake it bought last week.
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Global miner Rio Tinto was near a deal  to buy Canadian aluminum giant Alcan Inc. for about $100 per  share, or $37 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported  on Thursday.
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Rio Tintoâs recent offer of $38.1 billion for Alcan may be a sign that aluminum is no longer an estranged cousin in the mining industry.
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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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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian energy company Alinta Ltd. (ALN.AU) said Monday that Australia&#39;s competition regulator won&#39;t oppose its joint bid for the Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline in Western Australia state.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton say it has made an offer to buy its rival Rio Tinto.
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Xstrata on Monday launched a hostile bid for the Australian miner WMC Resources in what analysts predicted could turn into an international bidding war as the global hunt for inexpensive resources to supply China intensifies.
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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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Rio Tinto  , the world's second-biggest miner, is drawing up plans to gatecrash Alcoa Inc's  $28 billion hostile bid for North American rival Alcan Inc , the Daily Telegraph said on Friday.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Swiis mining group Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) said Tuesday it is willing to consider listing on the Australian Stock Exchange if its bid for WMC Resources Ltd.
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The aluminum producer Alcoa said in a statement that it would continue to pursue its $27.4 billion cash and stock bid for a rival, Alcan, despite the Canadian companyâs rejection of the offer. But Alcoaâs chairman and chief executive, Alain J. P. Belda, said that the company would not enhance the proposal, which Alcan called inadequate. âWe have studied Alcanâs response and have not seen anything that would lead us to re-evaluate our offer,â Mr. Belda said. He also rejected suggestions by Alcan that Alcoa would have difficulty obtaining antitrust approval for the merger and urged Alcanâs board to resume its examination of the bid.
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SYDNEY: Australia&#39;s BHP Billiton the world&#39;s biggest miner, said yesterday that China is likely to be a catalyst for an extended price rise in metals.
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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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BHP Billiton    is unlikely to increase its $130 billion unsolicited  proposal to acquire mining rival Rio Tinto   by  a February 6 deadline, The Wall Street Journal reported on  Monday. BHP could be trying to pressure Rio to negotiate by  holding firm with its three-for-one share offer, which has yet  to be formalized, the newspaper said, citing sources familiar  with the company's plans.
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Alcan Inc. , the big Canadian  aluminum maker, said on Friday that a $28.6-billion hostile  takeover offer from Alcoa Inc.  remains inadequate, and  that it is pursuing alternatives such as talks with other  groups.