BHP (BHP) was having difficulty finding common ground with Anglo American (NGLOY) on Tuesday in discussions over its acquisition offer, with no new concessions as a deadline creeps closers for the globe’s largest miner to submit a binding bid, Reuters’ Felix Njini and Clara Denina report, citing five sources. Anglo gave BHP a one week extension until 16:00 GMT on Wednesday to submit an offer after rebuffing a third proposal that had been dismissed as tough to execute, the authors note.
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