Editing CSR Limited (section)

==Construction and mining==
In February 1980, CSR acquired construction and mining contractor [[Thiess Pty Ltd|Thiess]] in a [[hostile takeover]].<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110970890 Plans for Thiess] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811050825/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110970890 |date=11 August 2022 }} ''[[Canberra Times]]'' 1 December 1979 page 20</ref><ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137008188 CSR Offer Accepted - Thiess directors give up fight] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129200505/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137008188 |date=29 January 2020 }} ''Canberra Times'' 12 January 1980 page 16</ref> In April 1981, the construction division was sold to a consortium of [[Hochtief]], [[Westfield Group]] and [[Leslie Thiess]].<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126831342 Sale to Thiess] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811050832/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126831342 |date=11 August 2022 }} ''Canberra Times'' 3 April 1981 page 16</ref>