Topic: Materials Sector
Air Products offers $5.1B for Airgas
AP Features
Industrial gas supplier Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said Friday that it made an unsolicited cash bid of about $5.1 billion for smaller rival Airgas Inc. and is willing to make a hostile offer if necessary. Airgas said its board will review the offer with financial and legal advisers ...
Rio Tinto hires new China boss to improve ties
Reuters US Online Report Business News
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Rio Tinto <RIO.AX><RIO.L> has named fluent Mandarin speaker Ian Bauert to head its China business, at a time of tense iron ore price talks and a case against four employees accused of illegally obtaining commercial secrets. Bauert, a 30-year Rio Tinto ...
Reports: Air Products makes $5.1B bid for Airgas
AP News
Reports: Air Products makes unsolicited bid for rival Airgas of about $5.1 billion in cashIndustrial gas company Air Products and Chemicals Inc. is making an unsolicited offer of about $5.1 billion in cash for smaller rival Airgas Inc., according to published reports Friday. The offer is worth about ...
Potash takeover action heats up in Canada
Stockhouse
Junior the next most likely buy-out candidateThe race to build up Canada’s potash supplies to keep pace with burgeoning global demand is turning Saskatchewan’s tiny handful of junior potash explorers into ripe plums for the picking.
Last week’s proposed $341 million buy-out of Athabasca Potash Inc. (TSX ...
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