BHP has received the first signs of positive engagement on its proposed ￡38.6bn takeover of Anglo American, after the two sides agreed on Wednesday to a week’s extension of talks over what would be the mining sector’s largest-ever deal.
Hopes of an agreement were kept alive even as Anglo rejected a third and what BHP dubbed “final” offer that valued it at ￡31.11 per share, up from about ￡25 in its initial approach.
But the proposal kept a controversial structure that demands Anglo demerges its South African platinum and iron ore units.
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