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Response to announcement by Anglo American plc
Scheme of Arrangement, Indicative Non-Binding Proposal, Company Administration - Other
- Apr 26, 2024
- 6 pages
Update - Dividend/Distribution - BHP
Dividend Record Date, Dividend Pay Date, Dividend Rate, Dividend Reinvestment Plan
- Apr 15, 2024
- 6 pages
Today
- Opinion
- Critical minerals
Albanese’s troubled critical minerals dream
The Albanese government has high hopes for much more downstream processing of critical minerals. But the numbers aren’t adding up. What can change that?
- 6 mins ago
- Jennifer Hewett
- Analysis
- Mergers & acquisitions
BHP’s siren song to Anglo shareholders is operational excellence
A claim to be the mining sector’s “best operator” is a big part of BHP’s pitch to Anglo American shareholders, as it promises to get more blood out of the same stones.
- Peter Ker
This Month
BHP gets green light for improved Anglo bid
Two prominent Australian investors say they support BHP making an improved bid for Anglo American so long as discipline is not completely abandoned.
- Peter Ker
BHP has industry super’s blessing for Anglo American copper prize
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has thrown her weight behind BHP’s plan to become the undisputed global king of copper through the South African deal.
- Peter Ker and Elouise Fowler
This BHP old boy thinks copper and rare earths prices will spike
Arafura Rare Earths boss Darryl Cuzzubbo says higher prices are inevitable for two commodities vital to the energy transition.
- Brad Thompson
Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner and Daniel Arbon
- Opinion
- Mining
BHP is betting self-interest trumps politics on Anglo American
Convincing South Africa’s government its $60 billion takeover bid for the mining multinational is politically palatable is part of BHP’s challenge in a particularly complex deal.
- Jennifer Hewett
BHP hits the hustings to fight ‘value dilutive’ deal claims
BHP executives and bankers will campaign in South Africa and Australia this week to win support for an Anglo American takeover that was panned by one analyst.
- Peter Ker
Rio Tinto chairman quiet on Anglo bid, eyes copper profits
Dominic Barton would not comment on whether the company was considering making a rival bid for Anglo American.
- Tess Bennett
ASX drops 1pc; $200m home goes on sale; What Star CEO sacking reveals
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Analysis
- Mergers & acquisitions
How BHP’s ‘Meticulous Mike’ prepared for Anglo American rebuff
Dubbed “Meticulous Mike” by the Australian media, the Canadian executive must have carefully planned his move for Anglo, down to the inevitable initial rejection.
- Tom Wilson and Nic Fildes
BHP Anglo deal could create headache for ASX investors
The mining giant is already one of the largest companies on the ASX 200. A successful buyout bid of Anglo American could add to the heavy concentration of resource stocks on the index.
- Joanne Tran
‘The future is the future’: Anglo American won’t rule out a merger
Chairman Stuart Chambers told the miner’s AGM that his job in coming weeks was to see if major shareholders backed the board’s rejection of BHP’s $60 billion bid.
- Hans van Leeuwen
April
Bonza planes repossessed; CEO-elect quits; BHP rivals emerge
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
BHP’s rivals for Anglo American set to emerge
The UK-listed miner has rejected an approach from BHP, but other major miners including Rio Tinto could announce a competing bid.
- Updated
- Tom Wilson
BHP, Vale offer $38b to settle Samarco dam disaster claims
The two mining giants have made a fresh proposal to try and finalise their protracted compensation talks with the Brazilian authorities over the 2015 disaster.
- Hans van Leeuwen
BHP goes big game hunting on the African savannah
BHP and Anglo American are undisputed industrial champions in their home countries. The vast gap between them says a lot about Australia and South Africa.
- Peter Ker
BHP investors fear costly second tilt at Anglo American
Shares in BHP have dropped 5.2 per cent since it made the $60 billion bid for Anglo-American that was swiftly rejected last week.
- Elouise Fowler
Nickel miner axes 530 jobs as pressure builds for budget bailout
Resources Minister Madeleine King says government alone cannot solve nickel industry woes as job losses near 2000 since December.
- Brad Thompson
Japan Inc backing for nickel mine puts BHP bailout in doubt
Sumitomo and Mitsubishi have agreed to back Ardea Resources and its $3.1 billion nickel laterite and cobalt project, about 80 kilometres from Kalgoorlie and BHP’s ageing nickel smelter.
- Brad Thompson
