Xstrata Says Seeking WMC To Enhance Copper Profit Stream
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Xstrata Plc (XTA.LN) said Monday that its A$6.35-a-share cash bid for Australia&#39;s WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.
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Strike copper to see why stock prices don't keep up with much higher trade prices.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) said Monday that the hostile A$6.35 a share takeover bid from Xstrata Plc (XTA.LN) is &quot;materially inadequate&quot;.
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Prices for raw materials had languished for years, but the sector is now trying to meet burgeoning global demand for iron, copper and other key commodities.
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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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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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TOM ELLIOTT, MM&amp;E CAPITAL: Well, the bid that received the most attention was London-based Xstrata&#39;s offer to buy WMC Resources, the old Western Mining, at $6.
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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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Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Monday it has held takeover talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata, which analysts said could lead to deal worth more than $100 billion.
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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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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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Swiss-based miner Xstrata Plc  launched one of the world's largest-ever rights issues on Tuesday, raising 2.9 billion pounds ($5.4 billion) to fund its acquisition of Canadian miner Falconbridge Ltd .
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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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WMC is the subject of a new offer from the Swiss-based mining giant, Xstrata. After last month&#39;s bid through a scheme of arrangement was knocked back, Xstrata has launched an off-market takeover bid for all shares in WMC.
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The Swiss mining company Xstrata began a hostile $5.8 billion bid for the Australian mining company WMC Resources yesterday, in what analysts said could turn into an international bidding war
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MELBOURNE: Swiss-based miner Xstrata said on Monday it would take its A$7.4bn ($5.8bn) bid for Australiaâs WMC Resources directly to shareholders, turning hostile after WMCâs management rebuffed its offer last month.
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SWISS mining giant Xstrata issued documents yesterday backing its hostile $7.4 billion cash offer for WMC Resources, and cranked up a fear campaign to focus shareholder attention on the downside risk if the bid was to lapse.