LONDON/SYDNEY -- Australian mining giant BHP on Wednesday walked away from a proposed $49 billion takeover of Anglo American after the British miner rejected a last-ditch request to extend talks as both sides failed to reach agreement on its South African assets.
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BHP walks away from $49bn Anglo American deal
Both sides unable to agree on British miner's South African assets
A worker attends to machinery at a smelter plant at Anglo American Platinum's Unki mine in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, on May 16, 2019. © Reuters
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