Canberra-The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Aug. 22 issued a Statement of Issues on the proposed acquisition of Rio Tinto Ltd. and Rio Tinto plc by BHP Billiton Ltd. It seeks further information on certain competition issues that have arisen from the ACCC’s market inquiries to date. The ACCC invites further submissions from the market by Sept. 5, 2008. To allow for these submissions, the ACCC’s final decision date will be deferred until Oct. 1, 2008. Submissions can be sent by email to the ACCC at mergers@accc.gov.au. The Statement of Issues will be available on the public merger register page on the ACCC’s website, www.accc.gov.au/mergersregister.
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