* World scrambles to clean up global ship breaking * Pollution, accidents and asbestos among problems * Bangladesh scrap trade braces for bonanza as ships age By Md. Tahmid Zami SITAKUNDA, Bangladesh, Feb 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - O n the southwest coast of Bangladesh, workers armed with gas torches, laser cutters and winches break apart the carcasses of the...

(Reuters) -U.S. machinery rental firm Herc Holdings is poised to acquire smaller rival H&E Equipment Services for $3.83 billion excluding debt, after outbidding leader United Rentals, according to company statements on Tuesday. The cash and stock deal would combine the world's third and the fifth-largest firms that rent machinery for construction sites. United Rentals, which last month entered an agreement...

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Mitsui & Co Ltd ( MITSF ): * MITSUI & CO LTD ( MITSF ) - ACQUISITION OF INTEREST IN RHODES RIDGE IRON ORE PROJECT IN AUSTRALIA * MITSUI & CO LTD ( MITSF ) - ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF 40% INTEREST IN RHODES RIDGE IRON ORE PROJECT IN AUSTRALIA * MITSUI & CO LTD ( MITSF...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Mitsui ( MITSF ) said on Wednesday it would acquire a 40% interest in the Rhodes Ridge iron ore project in Australia for $5.34 billion. Rhodes Ridge, operated by Rio Tinto, is one of the world's largest undeveloped iron ore deposits with 6.8 billion tons of mineral resources, Mitsui ( MITSF ) said in...