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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The Anglo American logo is seen in Rusternburg October 5, 2015. Picture taken October 5, 2015.  REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko//File Photo
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Anglo American rejects £29.34 per share proposal from BHP

Anglo rejects BHP's third offer in a month as world's largest mining group continues takeover plans.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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BHP-Anglo prospects flag more M&A ahead for miners

BHP's bid for Anglo American underlines the growing appetite for energy transition metals like copper, investors and mining CEOs said Weds

The switch to electric vehicles means platinum -- used in the manufacture of catalytic converters for high-polluting petrol engines -- faces a dim long-term future (AFP)
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Platinum loses shine amid BHP’s vast Anglo bid

Platinum is used in the manufacture of catalytic converters for high-polluting petrol engines — but demand has long been forecast to slump as...

FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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BHP shares hit 3-month high as deadline for formal Anglo bid looms

Shares of BHP Group touched a 3-month high on Tuesday about 36 hours ahead of a deadline to lodge a formal bid for...

A worker carries a crucible of melted copper as he makes statues at a workshop in Lalitpur, Nepal December 23, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
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Copper’s record run at risk as US shipments calm speculator frenzy

Copper's record highs may not be sustainable, with action concentrated on shipment of material to cover exposed short positions in the U.S.

BHP's bid for Anglo American comes as it looks to secure a reliable copper supply (AFP FILES)
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Crunch time looms for BHP’s bid buy Anglo American

BHP must overcome major hurdles to salvage its faltering pursuit of Anglo American, analysts said Monday as the takeover deadline approcaches

A conveyor belt transports tons of coal at a mine (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
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US ends leasing in its largest coal-producing region

Biden's government announced it was ending coal leases in the Powder River Basin, the nation's largest coal-producing region

FILE - A truck carrying 250 tons of coal hauls the fuel to the surface of the Spring Creek mine, April 4, 2013, near Decker, Mont. The Biden administration is proposing to end new coal leases from federal lands in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming, which includes Spring Creek. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)
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US proposes ending new federal leases in its biggest coal region

The Bureau of Land Management proposal would affect millions of acres of U.S. federal lands and underground mineral reserves in the Powder River...

FILE PHOTO: Miners and utility workers protest demanding the government to amend its commitments to the EU, for the coal phase-out and for cutting greenhouse gas emissions of the energy sector by 40% by 2025, in Sofia, Bulgaria, January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva
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How Europe reduced its greenhouse gas emissions last year

EU countries churned out 3.4 billion tons of all greenhouse gas emissions last year, 5.1% less than in 2022

FILE PHOTO: The Anglo American logo is seen in Rusternburg October 5, 2015. Picture taken October 5, 2015.  REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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Analysis: BHP’s options for Anglo American deal narrow as deadline looms

Mooted BHP Anglo deal, which has been rejected twice, could turn into a hostile takeover bid – or will the mining rivals walk...

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