BHP, Glencore said to bid for Anglo’s Australian coal mines

BHP Billiton Ltd. and Glencore Plc are among final bidders for Anglo American Plc’s Australian metallurgical coal assets that may fetch about $1.5-billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. Anemka Resources, the mining investor backed by Warburg Pincus, has also made a bid, two of the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. and a pairing of Apollo Global Management LLC and Xcoal Energy & Resources LLC, submitted final bids for the Moranbah and Grosvenor mines by a June 6 deadline, as well, the people said.