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Rio tinto plc

BHP goes hostile on Rio with crafty all-scrip bid

Crikey / Wednesday, 6 February 2008

The BHP-Billiton board has ignored Chinese concern and passionate pleas for restraint and gone ahead with its hostile takeover bid for Rio Tinto, writes Stephen Mayne.

Time to stop China digging all the way to Australia’s assets

Crikey / Monday, 4 February 2008

Why on earth should Kevin Rudd allow the Chinese Government to become the biggest shareholder in Rio Tinto, which owns more than $100 billion worth of Australian resource assets? Stephen Mayne looks at the implications of the potential acquisition.