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May 2008 | Steel Raw Materials


Rumours of new BHP bid for Rio Tinto: Iron Ore Analysis


Rumours of a new takeover bid from BHP Billiton for Rio Tinto over the last few days have also complicated matters as Chinalco, the Chinese Aluminium company which owns a 9% stake in Rio Tinto, is likely to want to intervene to frustrate a BHP takeover of its rival.

Rumours of a new takeover bid from BHP Billiton for Rio Tinto over the last few days have also complicated matters as Chinalco, the Chinese Aluminium company which owns a 9% stake in Rio Tinto, is likely to want to intervene to frustrate a BHP takeover of its rival. While annual price negotiations have stretched as far into May as this in previous years, the protracted political...

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