Switzerland&#39;s Xstrata Makes Hostile Bid for Australia&#39;s WMC ...
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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.
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Mining giant Xstrata tables a bid for Australian nickel producer Jubilee Mines for 3bn Australian dollars ($2.8bn; Â£1.34bn).
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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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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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Australian mining group WMC Resources Ltd has formally rejected a 7.4 billion dollar (5.73 billion US) takeover bid by Swiss-based Xstrata Plc, using an independent report to back its view the offer was neither fair or reasonable.
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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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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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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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The Australian government said it would not block Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata's hostile takeover bid for WMC Resources despite opposition within its own ranks at giving a foreign company control of the world's largest uranium deposit.
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French reinsurer Scor has launched a hostile bid worth 1.9 billion euros for Swiss group Converium, sparking the prospect of further takeover moves in the sector.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale said  Monday it was in talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a  takeover, a deal that analysts said could top $100 billion in  one of the biggest mergers ever.
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LONDON (Dow Jones)--Mining group Rio Tinto Ltd. (RTP) is considering trumping a GBP2.9 billion bid by rival Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) for Australian nickel miner WMC Resources Ltd.
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WMC, the Australian mining firm, turns down a $5.5bn bid from Swiss company Xstrata but says it is willing to hold talks on a deal.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale said Monday it was in talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a takeover, a deal that analysts said could top $100 billion in one of the biggest mergers ever.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale said Monday it has held takeover talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata, which analysts said could lead to a deal worth more than $100 billion and one of the biggest mergers ever.
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UK online auction firm QXL Ricardo faces a hostile bid from Dutch company Florissant after rejecting its takeover offer.
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Brazilian mining giant Vale  (VALE5.SA) said on Monday it has held talks with  Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata  about a potential acquisition  that have yet to lead to a formal bid.