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EU delays antitrust probe BHP Billiton bid
Santiago :: Chile | about 1 year ago
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The regulators opened an in-depth investigation into the deal in July, saying they were worried about higher prices and reduced choice for European customers for metals and minerals. That was originally scheduled to wrap up by Nov. 11 but the European...
Tags: bhp, European Commission, BHP Billiton Ltd-operated Spence, Rio Tinto, joint venture, Chile, copper mining
Liberals wooing seniors in election bid (ABC)
West :: TX :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The West Australian Liberal Party is trying to woo disaffected seniors with offers of a cash rebate and greater access to the seniors card. The Party leader Colin Barnett says seniors card holders will be eligible for a cash payment each year of up to...
Tags: bhp, mental health, Colin Barnett, liberal oppose, oppose bhp, BHP Billiton Ltd., Liberal Party
Rio Tinto's earnings surge 55%
Rio :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility August 2008 RIO Tinto yesterday unveiled a 55 per cent jump in earnings and said prices for its products remained strong in the face of the global economic downturn. The group, which became the world's biggest aluminium company following the acquisition...
Tags: rio tinto, bhp, Miner Rio Tinto Ltd
Man killed at BHP Billiton mine
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility A MAN has been killed at a mine site in Western Australia's northern Pilbara region. Preliminary investigations suggest the 29-year-old man was fatally injured in a workshop accident at the BHP Billiton's Yandi mine, about 150km north of Newman, police...
Tags: bhp, BHP Billiton Ltd, Western Australia, west Australia, iron ore
Rio Tinto beats expectations in bumper half
Rio :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Rio Tinto's half-year profits simply to meet market expectations, as the full-year earnings of its suitor, BHP Billiton, did last week...Rio pocketed $1.5 billion a month in cash during the first half, due to higher commodity prices and production. And...
Tags: bhp, Rio Tinto, Paul Skinner, iron ore, BHP Billiton, packaging business, Alcan, chairman paul
China strengthens Rio's defences
Rio Tinto :: Portugal | about 1 year ago
Credibility Rio shares rose $1.30 to $122.30 or 3.05 BHP bid shares, up from 3.01 on Friday and compared with BHP's actual bid of 3.4-for-1. BHP slipped 15ยข to $40 a share, valuing its Rio bid at $136 a share or a 10% premium to Rio's market price. Even though Rio's...
Tags: rio tinto, bhp, Chinalco, Rio Tinto Group, BHP Billiton, share price
Govt approves China stake in Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto :: Portugal | about 1 year ago
Credibility Treasurer Wayne Swan has given the go ahead for Chinalco to acquire a 12 per cent stake in the company. The nod was given on the condition Chinalco not increase its shareholding without seeking further approval and that it not seek the appointment of...
Tags: bhp, Chinalco, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan, mining giant, foreign investment, Aluminium Corporation of China
Some investors 'on sidelines', BHP says
Rio Tinto :: Portugal | about 1 year ago
Credibility BHP Billiton Ltd chief executive Marius Kloppers has acknowledged that some investors are "sitting on the sideline" while they await regulatory rulings on its takeover offer for Rio Tinto Ltd. Friday that the world's biggest mining takeover may raise...
Tags: bhp, rio tinto, BHP Billiton Ltd, BHP Billiton PLC, iron ore
Local market ends week higher
Port Hedland :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Overall Australian shares have climbed with the All Ordinaries index up 61 points to 5,010...Commonwealth Bank was up nearly 2 per cent, Westpac was up 1.6 per cent and NAB was flat. IAG's new chief executive Michael Wilkins has described the company's...
Tags: bhp, BHP Billiton, iron ore, rio bid, Rio Tinto, raised concerns
BHP lifts iron ore spot market target
Shanghai :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility BHP's chief financial officer, Alex Vanselow, said yesterday the company hoped to sell 15 per cent of its production on the spot market, up from less than 10 per cent (or 11 million tonnes) last year. BHP's equity share of production from its iron ore...
Tags: bhp, BHP Billiton, records profits, Rio Tinto, China, iron ore
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