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China doesn’t like BHP Potash Corp bid – report

by Gold Editor on September 2, 2010

China doesn't like BHP Potash Corp bid - report

According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, worries about future supplies of fertilizer, has meant that China's state run Sinochem is looking at a variety of options and has hired HSBC to help

Author: Sonali Paul and Joseph Chaney (Reuters)
Posted:  Thursday , 02 Sep 2010

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MELBOURNE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - 

China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, amid worries about future supplies of fertiliser it needs to rapidly boost food production.

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