Xstrata &#39;will have to raise bid&#39; to win WMC
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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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SYDNEY Xstrata, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of power-station coal, offered 7.4 billion Australian dollars, or $5.5 billion, for WMC Resources on Thursday to add nickel and copper mines to its portfolio.
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Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc  and Brazil's Vale  have been in serious talks over a 46 billion pound ($90.6 billion) takeover but the miners appear to have reached an impasse, the Financial Times said.
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Swiss firm Xstrata relaunches a takeover bid for Australian mining company WMC Resources by appealing directly to its shareholders.
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The battle for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) heated up with sources saying the German stock market operator Deutsche Boerse was prepared to raise its bid price and move key parts of its management to London.
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British-Swiss resources group Xstrata relaunched its already-rejected 7.4 billion dollar (3.1 billion pound) bid for WMC Resources, this time pitching the offer directly to WMC shareholders rather than through the company.
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Xstrata Plc, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of coal for power plants, will make a hostile A$7.4 billion ($5.8 billion) cash offer for WMC Resources Ltd.
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Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata said on Friday that it now owned almost 95 percent of shares in takeover target Jubilee Mines and was expected to win full control in the coming days.
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Xstrata yesterday took its $5.8 billion (Â£3.1 billion) cash bid for Australian miner WMC hostile, laying the ground for another major takeover clash between the old guard and the new of the mining world.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Woolworths Ltd. (WOW.AU) raised its takeover offer for Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality Group Ltd. (ALH.AU) for the third time Monday as it bet
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Swiss mining conglomerate Xstrata said Monday it offered to buy the entire issued share capital of major Australian mining company WMC Resources for A$7.4 billion ($5.79 billion) in cash.
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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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Teck Cominco Ltd. (TCKb.TO) on Friday  extended the deadline for its hostile bid for fellow Canadian  miner Inco Ltd. , as it waits to see if Swiss-based  Xstrata Plc  gets Falconbridge Ltd. .
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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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Shares in Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata  climbed as much as 3.2 percent on Wednesday, as traders cited persistent market talk of a bid from Brazilian mining giant Vale .
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SYDNEY: Xstrata Plc, the world&#39;s biggest exporter of coal for power plants, will make a hostile A$7.4bil (US$5.8bil) cash offer for WMC Resources Ltd.
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Xstrata&#39;s $4.97-a-share cash offer is the same price rejected by WMC&#39;s board a few weeks ago when the Swiss company made its initial approaches.