Australian hlau ore loj loj BHP Billiton tshaj tawm rau hnub Thursday tias nws tau ntaus ib daim ntawv cog lus nrog miner OZ Minerals rau 9.6 billion Australian las (US $ 6.4 billion; Txog 45.654 billion yuan) rau OZ Minerals. Qhov kev txav mus los ua raws li BHP qhov kev tsis txaus siab rau OZ thaum Lub Yim Hli ntawm A $ 25 ib feem. BHP tau tso cai rau kev mob siab rau lub Kaum Ib Hlis 18 tom qab nce nws qhov kev thov rau A $ 28.25 ib feem.
Qhov kev yuav khoom yog qhov tseem ceeb rau BHP.
OZ Minerals cov haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv tebchaws Australia tau nkag siab tias suav nrog Kev Tshaj Tawm thiab Carrapateena tooj liab-kub deposits hauv South Australia thiab West Musgrave tooj liab-nickel kev loj hlob hauv Western Australia.
Qhov kev nrhiav tau yog qhov tseem ceeb rau BHP txoj haujlwm ntawm Olympic Dam tooj liab mine hauv South Australia. OZ Minerals 'Famous Hills thiab Kalapatena tooj liab thiab kub mines yog ze rau BHP's Olympic Dam thiab Oak Dam tej yaam num, thiab tsim kom muaj South Australian tooj liab phiab tuaj yeem qhib kev sib koom ua haujlwm.
Tsis tas li ntawd, kev sib koom ua ke yuav tsum txhawb nqa BHP txoj haujlwm nickel mining hauv Western Australia. Lub West Musgrave tooj liab thiab Nickel qhov project yuav ntxiv ib qho kev xaiv loj greenfield nickel rau BHP's Nickel West project hauv Western Australia. Tsis tas li ntawd, kev yuav khoom yuav nthuav dav nws cov lag luam hauv cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb rau lub zog huv thiab hluav taws xob tsheb.
Nws tau nkag siab tias yog BHP qhov kev cog lus loj tshaj plaws hauv ntau tshaj kaum xyoo thiab qhov kev lag luam mining loj tshaj plaws hauv Australia txij li Barrick Gold yuav Equinox Mining rau US $ 5.78bn hauv xyoo 2011.
Qhov A $ 28.25- ib qho kev qhia tawm, thawj zaug tshaj tawm thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis, yuav muab tso rau cov tswv lag luam kom pom zoo thaum lub Peb Hlis lossis lub Plaub Hlis ntxov xyoo tom ntej, BHP tau hais hauv cov ntaub ntawv tswj hwm.
Qhov kev pom zoo, uas muaj kev txhawb nqa los ntawm OZ Minerals 'board, yuav cement BHP txoj haujlwm ua ib qho ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom loj tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Kev thov rau tooj liab, hlau nyob hauv plawv ntawm kev hloov pauv lub zog huv, xav tias yuav nce ze li 60 feem pua ntawm 20 xyoo tom ntej.
Cov mining loj tau hais tias "cov hlau yav tom ntej-taw qhia", uas suav nrog nickel thiab chiv potash, yog lub hauv paus ntawm nws txoj kev loj hlob raws li cov hlau ore noj stagnated thiab lub ntiaj teb txav deb ntawm fossil fuels.
"Kev sib xyaw ntawm BHP Billiton cov cuab tam, kev txawj ntse thiab kev txawj ntse nrog OZ Minerals muab lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb rau lub tuam txhab," BHP Tus Thawj Coj Mike Henry tau hais hauv nqe lus.
BHP tau txo nws cov kev lag luam thee hauv xyoo tas los no thiab xyoo no tau muag tag nrho cov lag luam roj thiab roj rau Woodside Energy. Qhov kev yuav khoom yuav tau txais nyiaj los ntawm BHP cov nyiaj ntsuab tam sim no thiab cov nyiaj sib npaug, nrog rau qhov chaw qiv nyiaj tshiab.
