
Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd (NYSE:TRQ) is trading higher Monday after Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE:RIO) proposed to acquire the company for CAD$34 ($26.66) per share in cash.
Rio Tinto currently owns about 51% of Turquoise Hill. The proposal would allow the company to acquire the approximately 49% of the issued and outstanding shares of Turquoise Hill that Rio Tinto doesn't currently own.