BHP ponders Â£70bn bid for rival
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Business & money: Â· Group in talks with banks as deadline loomsÂ· Only increased offer will win over Rio Tinto board
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Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton said it was forming a joint venture with Japanese steelmaker JFE steel that will underpin iron ore sales worth 3.7 billion US dollars over the next 11 years.
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Another bid in the mining sector turned hostile yesterday when Xstrata said it would take its A$7.4bn (Â£3.2bn) offer for WMC Resources directly to shareholders.
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Staff at the collapsed Richards textile factory in Aberdeen consider bidding for the business.
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Swiss-based miner Xstrata says it will take its A$7.4 billion (3.1 billion pound) bid for Australia&#39;s WMC Resources directly to the company&#39;s shareholders, effectively making a hostile bid after WMC&#39;s management rejected its offer
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc   formally launched a $147.4 billion takeover bid on Wednesday  for rival Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc .
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A bidding war for the London Stock Exchange (LSE) looked increasingly likely after Euronext said it had approached the group about a possible counterbid to Deutsche Boerse's 2.0-billion-euro offer.
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BHP Billiton Ltd. , the  world&#39;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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SYDNEY/LONDON  - Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd.   is not currently working on a bid for U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa Inc , a source close to the matter said on Tuesday, playing down a newspaper report.
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A joint venture between Alcoa Inc. and BHP Billiton has filed to go public through an offering worth as much as $100 million, according to regulatory filings and the companies.
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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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Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd.    is not currently working on a bid for U.S.  aluminum producer Alcoa Inc , a source close to the  matter said on Tuesday, playing down a newspaper report.
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XSTRATA saw its shares fall 1.4 per cent yesterday after the London-listed miner said it was taking its A$7.4 billion (Â£3.12bn) offer for Australiaâs WMC Resources hostile, following a rebuff from the WMC board last month.
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Business & money: Delta Two may have to raise offer to Â£7 a share.
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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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Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are reportedly preparing rival $40m takeover bids for US firm Alcoa.
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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.