http://ironinvestingnews.com Objective News on Iron ore mining, exploration, and iron industry investing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:38:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ironinvestingnews.com/177-bhp%e2%80%99s-takeover-of-rio-dies.html http://ironinvestingnews.com/177-bhp%e2%80%99s-takeover-of-rio-dies.html#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:26:42 +0000 Melissa http://www.ironinvestingnews.com/?p=177 By Melissa Pistilli-Exclusive to Iron Investing News BHP Billiton’s hostile takeover bid for rival Rio Tinto finally came to an end last week. On November 25, BHP announced it was dropping its $66 billion bid for Rio due to the current global economic crisis and Rio’s $42.1 billion in debt. The takeover process had begun [...]

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