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Bowing to grassroots opposition from the prairies, the Canadian government has thrown what may be an insuperable obstacle into the path of BHP Billiton’s bid for PotashCorp
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BHP Billiton decided to bypass the board of PotashCorp and make a direct $39bn offer to the shareholders after the Canadian fertiliser producer placed confidential agreements into the public domain
BHP vows to continue seeking big takeovers
The Anglo-Australian miner will still pursue large transformational acquisitions in spite of its failure to complete three consecutive deals, including the aborted $39bn takeover of PotashCorp
Move to rein in BHP after failed bid
Miner’s shareholders call on chief executive Marius Kloppers not to rush into further blockbuster acquisition attempts after the group spent $350m (£217m) on its aborted bid for Canada’s PotashCorp
BHP ends $39bn pursuit of PotashCorp
BHP Billiton formally ends its three-month pursuit of Saskatchewan’s PotashCorp after failing to secure the Canadian government’s approval for its hostile $39bn bid
Canada to explain BHP rebuff
BHP Billiton’s $39bn bid for PotashCorp appears dead in spite of Canada opening the door for further negotiations, say politicians, business leaders and analysts
BHP free to start looking for new targets
Canada’s provisional rejection of the company’s $39bn bid for PotashCorp comes after European regulators rejected plans to merge the Australian iron ore operations of BHP and Rio Tinto
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Canada must avoid prairie populism
Blocking the bid for PotashCorp would be a backward step. The country’s interests are best served by staying open – not retreating into resource nationalism
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Jury still out over BHP bid for fertiliser
Saskatchewan residents take very different views of the unfolding battle for control of PotashCorp that was sparked by the $39bn hostile bid from Anglo-Australian BHP Billiton
The Potash dilemma
Both BHP and the Canadian producer think investors have missed something
Diversification linchpin of BHP’s Potash plan
The grand design of BHP’s strategy continued to translate from theory to practise, as relative strength in some of its commodities compensated for weakness in others
End looms for fertiliser cartels
BHP Billiton’s $39bn bid for PotashCorp and the planned merger of Uralkali and Silvinit – are set to reshape not only the industry’s ownership but also its pricing system
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