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BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto may merge Canadian diamond operations
07 Sep 2009
After their proposed Pilbara Mines iron ore joint venture, once bitter foes BHO Billiton and Rio Tinto are forced by the global commodity downturn to join hands for their diamond mining business
BHP Billiton cuts 6,000 jobs; closes mine
21 Jan 2009
BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company plans to cut 6,000 jobs from its global workforce and close a nickel mine due to weak demand brought on by the global economic slowdown
BHP Billiton bullish despite crisis
27 Nov 2008
BHP Billiton abandons bid for Rio Tinto
25 Nov 2008
BHP Billiton has abandoned a year-long hostile attempt to acquire Rio Tinto and create a monolithic entity that could have exercised a stranglehold on pricing.
BHP Billiton to reactivate uranium mine in Western Australia
19 Nov 2008
BHP Billiton plans to reactivate its Yeelirrie mine in the Goldfields of Western Australia, the world's second largest undeveloped mine, which is estimated to hold 35,000 tonnes of uranium.
Rio Tinto rejects BHP's revised offer of $147 billion
07 Feb 2008
Rio Tinto, which has been resisting advances for a take over by the world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, rejected the sweetened $147-billion offer
BHP Billiton raises offer for Rio Tinto to $147 billion
06 Feb 2008
BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, has launched a sweetened $147.4 billion bid for London-based rival Rio Tinto
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