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BHP Billiton Offered to Acquire Rio Tinto; Proposal RejectedBy...

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    BHP Billiton Offered to Acquire Rio Tinto; Proposal Rejected

    By Tan Hwee Ann and Dale Crofts

    Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, said it offered to buy rival Rio Tinto Group, a proposal that was rejected.

    BHP made the announcement in a statement to the Regulatory News Service in London.

    To contact the reporter on this story: Dale Crofts in Chicago at [email protected] ; Tan Hwee Ann in Melbourne at [email protected] .
    Last Updated: November 8, 2007 05:57 EST
 
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