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BHP Billiton posts record year profit
Top miner BHP Billiton, bidding for rival Rio Tinto in what would be the world's second-biggest takeover, posted a 12.4 percent rise in full-year net profit to a record $15.4 billion (8.2 billion pounds), as Chinese demand stoked a commodities boom.
18 Aug 2008 |
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Battling BHP and Rio to post record profits
Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto should post record half-year profits as they reap the benefits of an industrial commodities boom, and are likely to use the results to bolster their arguments in a $123 billion (66 billion pound) takeover stand-off.
15 Aug 2008 |
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BHP nearly double prices for Chinese firm
BHP Billiton has signed a deal with Chinese steelmaker Baosteel. The mining firm said it would increase its prices by as much as 96.5 per cent for the deal.
04 Jul 2008 |
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BHP bid for Rio gets partial US approval
BHP Billiton said on Thursday that its unsolicited bid for fellow miner Rio Tinto has been cleared by US antitrust authorities. The miner said that the clearance meant it had satisfied a part of US antitrust law requirements.
03 Jul 2008 |
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Rio says Guinea iron ore project still on track
Rio Tinto dismissed concerns that it could be barred from digging a huge iron ore mine in Africa, as it builds its defence against a $180 billion (92 billion pounds) bid from bigger rival BHP Billiton.
16 Jun 2008 |
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BHP shares at record on China stake talk
Shares in BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, rose more than 4 percent to a record on Friday amid fresh speculation that Chinese interests were looking to build a stake in the group.
16 May 2008 |
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Australia to scrutinise any China move on BHP
Australia will look closely at any moves by Chinese entities to buy shares in mining giant BHP Billiton to make sure its national interests were not at risk, Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Thursday.
07 Apr 2008 |
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Rio Tinto CEO says BHP rejection on value only
Rio Tinto said price alone was behind its rejection of BHP Billiton's $147 billion (73.4 billion pounds) hostile takeover offer aimed at assembling a super mining house, but also warned that mining companies run the risk of becoming too big amid a frenzy of mergers and acquisitions.
25 Mar 2008 |
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Analysts say BHP may have to sweeten Rio again
A day after BHP Billiton launched the second costliest corporate takeover in history, analysts and industry executives reckoned the world's biggest miner may have to dig a little deeper into its pockets to win rival Rio Tinto.
07 Feb 2008 |
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