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Timeline: Three years of tie-ups and slip-ups

November 8, 2007: BHP Billiton announces plans to “create the world’s premier diversified natural resources company” by buying Rio Tinto

December 21: Takeover Panel gives BHP Billiton a "put up or shut up" deadline to formalise its offer

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