BHP CEO flies to South Africa to push $65.4 billion takeover

BHP CEO flies to South Africa to push $65.4 billion takeover
An Anglo American Platinum site near Rustenburg, South Africa. (Image: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg)
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By William Clowes, Clara Ferreira Marques and Thomas Biesheuvel(Bloomberg) -- BHP Group Ltd. has deployed a senior team, including its chief executive officer, to South Africa as the world’s largest miner ramps up efforts to win over government officials, regulators and local shareholders, all of whom could yet determine the outcome of its proposed tie-up with rival Anglo American Plc.The executives have already begun conversations with key stakeholders, focusing on explaining the detail of the existing US$39 billion (MZ$65.4b) proposal &...

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