BHP’s $39 Billion Bid Irks Its Target’s Biggest Shareholder

The BHP company logo in Melbourne.

Photographer: William West/AFP/Getty Images

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BHP Group’s $39 billion bid to buy Anglo American is clear on one thing: The Australian mining behemoth doesn’t want to have anything to do with South Africa.