鉱夫 North 捜し出すs white knight

By Lachlan Colquhoun
Updated: 00:00 BST, 28 June 2000

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Rio Tinto 引き継ぎ／買収 的, Australian-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d 鉱夫 North, has 開始する，打ち上げるd a 反対する-attack, 公然と非難するing the Rio 企て，努力，提案 as a 'cheap 発射' and hinting that a white knight may enter the 戦う／戦い. North managing director Malcolm Broomhead said Rio's A$2.8bn(£1.12bn) 企て，努力，提案 would be …に反対するd 'very, very vigorously'. 'We will be coming out with our 的 声明 which will 論証する that the company is 価値（がある） a heck of a lot more than the 現在の 企て，努力，提案 level,' he said.

Most 分析家s believe North is 価値（がある） at least A$4 a 株, compared with the A$3.80 企て，努力，提案 by Rio, which grabbed 14.5% of the company on Monday. Broomhead would not divulge the 指名するs of 可能性のある white knights, 説 only that North had 'engendered a lot of 利益／興味'.

North's 助言者 Merrill Lynch is 報道によれば sounding out 利益／興味 from other companies. The スポットライト is on London-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d Billiton and Australia's BHP and Western 採掘.

Rio's 企て，努力，提案 has alarmed Japanese 鉄鋼業s. Nippon Steel, speaking on に代わって of several of them, said a 引き継ぎ／買収 would make Rio the world's second largest 生産者 of アイロンをかける 鉱石. It would also 除去する the need for a third rail line to 輸送（する） アイロンをかける 鉱石 in Western Australia, which could 原因（となる） 供給（する） problems for Japan's steel mills.