BHP Billiton yesterday brushed aside reports that its proposed $116bn Western Australian iron ore joint venture with Rio Tinto is in difficulty only weeks before a deadline for the mining groups to conclude a “definitive agreement”.
Rio's financial position has improved markedly in the five months since it struck the production joint venture with its arch rival and former hostile suitor.
There are concerns that the London-based group is not being sufficiently well compensated for pooling its superior iron ore infrastructure assets with BHP's.
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