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Rio boss says BHP bid is 'dead in the water'
 
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BHP Billiton’s takeover bid for key rival Rio Tinto continues to dominate resource headlines and now Rio's CEO has delivered it a crushing blow.
Today, Rio’s chief executive Tom Albanese told CNBC television that he considered the $140 billion proposal to be “dead in the water” .

Mr Albanese claimed that the offer lacked enough value. Previously he has declared that BHP’s all-share takeover bid significantly undervalued Rio’s operations and growth prospects.

Should the takeover go ahead however, a combined BHP-Rio would hold about 27 per cent of the world supply of iron ore, and would control much of the global flow of coal, copper, uranium and diamonds.



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Source: Investor TV
Release Date: Friday, 7 December 2007 4:44 PM
Author: Fiona Collins, investorTV
Runtime: 0 minutes 54 seconds

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