Baosteel Resources Australia and Aurizon Operations have issued an all-cash takeover offer for Aquila Resources, valuing the West Australia-based explorer at A$1.4bn.

宝钢资源(Baosteel Resources)澳大利亚分公司和Aurizon Operations已向阿奎拉资源(Aquila Resources)发起全现金收购要约，这一收购要约将这家总部驻澳大利亚西部的勘探商估值为14亿澳元。

Aquila, which is focused on metallurgical coal, iron ore and manganese, told the ASX it received the joint takeover offer on Saturday and it will form an independent board to evaluate the proposal.

阿奎拉的业务主要集中于炼焦煤、铁矿石和锰矿。周六该公司告诉澳大利亚证交所(ASX)，表示已收到联合收购要约，并将组成一个独立委员会对这一提案进行评估。

Aquila says it's been aiming to bring substantial supply of coal and iron ore to the market through two major projects in which it has 50 per cent interests - the Eagle Downs Hard Coking Coal project and the West Pilbara Iron Project.

阿奎拉表示，目前该公司正打算通过两大项目向市场供应大量的煤和铁矿石。这两大项目是Eagle Downs硬焦煤项目和西皮尔巴拉(Pilbara)铁矿项目，阿奎拉拥有这两个项目50%的权益。

Baosteel Resources - a unit of Shanghai-based, state-owned iron and steel giant Baosteel Group - already owns a fifth of Aquila. It invested in the company in 2009 and has had "numerous confidential discussions" about taking on a direct role in the West Pilbara project. Acquiring control "is a new development," Aquila said.

宝钢资源是上海国有钢铁巨头宝钢集团(Baosteel Group)的子公司，该公司目前已经持有阿奎拉20%的股份。阿奎拉表示，宝钢资源对阿奎拉的投资始于2009年，目前它已为直接投资西皮尔巴拉项目开展过“大量保密磋商”。而寻求对阿奎拉的控股则“是最新进展”。

If the proposal is accepted, Baosteel would own around 85 per cent of Aquila and Aurizon would own 15 per cent.

如果阿奎拉接受这一收购要约，宝钢将持有阿奎拉大约85%的股权，而Aurizon将持有15%的股权。

The A$3.40 per share offer reflects a premium of 39 per cent to May 2 closing price.

这一收购要约提出的每股3.40澳元的价格比阿奎拉股票5月2日的收盘价高了39%。

Aquila said it has appointed Goldman Sachs as financial advisor and King & Wood Mallesons as legal advisor.

阿奎拉表示，该公司已委托高盛(Goldman Sachs)做财务顾问，金杜律师事务所(King & Wood Mallesons)做法律顾问。