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Two Biggest Mining Company, BHP and Rio Tinto : BHP Billiton backs off bid for Rio Tinto
One of the biggest planned mergers in corporate history, between mining groups BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, was scrapped yesterday after a year of preparation, in a move that spread further gloom about the state of the global economy.
The hostile takeover by BHP was once worth $140bn (£92bn) but the collapse in commodity prices and [...]
