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Goldcorp to buy Andean for $3.6-billion
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:11:57 Z
Canada’s Goldcorp Inc has agreed to buy Argentina-focused gold miner Andean Resources Ltd, but Eldorado Gold Corp. may still come back with a rival b...

BHP playing it cool in Potash bid
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:02:31 Z
"It's more like a sleeping pill than a poison pill," one senior BHP executive said, when asked about the Canadian firm's use of a shareholder rights ...

Uranium One shareholders support ARMZ sale
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:02:17 Z
Uranium One Inc. shareholders voted on Tuesday in favor of a deal to sell a controlling stake in the company to Russian state-owned miner ARMZ in exc...

'Mating season' for miners keeps bankers busy
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:01:49 Z
A flurry of merger and acquisition activity is taking shape behind the scenes in the global resource sector, with the proposed takeover of Potash Cor...

Shell touts tailings pond solution
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:02:09 Z
Royal Dutch Shell PLC believes it has invented a system that will dramatically speed up the process of cleaning up tailings ponds — the toxic waste p...

BHP prepares to woo Potash owners
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:24:28 Z
BHP Billiton's chief executive flies to North America this week to crank up the charm offensive with Potash Corp shareholders, as a potential Chinese...

Tiny regulator weighs big offer
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:02:04 Z
That BHP Billiton’s nearly US$40-billion takeover proposal of Potash Corp. — the biggest anywhere in the world this year — could be decided by Saskat...

BHP posts big profit, won't buy Potash 'at any cost'
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:24:02 Z
BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, fired a warning shot at its takeover target Potash Corp and potential counterbidders, showing off its best h...

Saskatchewan feeds the world
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:02:06 Z
The province's known potash wealth is so far beyond any other country or region that comparisons are a waste of time...

Potash hunt for richer bid may lead to China
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:34:57 Z
Potash is soliciting alternative bidders willing to pay more than the $130 a share offered by BHP, the world's largest mining company, one source clo...