Business

• BHP Billiton mum on possible Gabon iron ore deal February 6, 2012
  MELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Billiton declined to comment on Monday on reports it has reached a deal to develop an iron ore mine in Gabon, which could add more than 1 billion tonnes to the world's third biggest iron ore miner's resources. […]
• Glencore offers 8 percent premium to Xstrata to seal merger - FT February 6, 2012
  (Reuters) - Commodities trader Glencore International is set to offer a bigger-than-expected premium to seal its proposed $88 billion (55 billion pounds) merger with global miner Xstrata Plc, the Financial Times reported on Monday. […]