(Adds Rusagro, CyrusOne, Cattolica, HeidelbergCement, Caisse;Updates Kirkland Lake Gold)

Sept 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday:

** Canada's Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd AEM.TO will buy rivalKirkland Lake Gold Ltd KL.TO for C$13.51 billion ($10.68billion) in stock, in the latest consolidation that creates aminer with operations in North America, Europe and Australia. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QU2MV

** U.S. private equity firm Vista Equity is to buy Britishsoftware firm Blue Prism PRSMB.L for 1.1 billion pounds ($1.50billion) in a bid to grow its automation technologyportfolio. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QU1JA

** Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Co Inc 9502.T said it will buy a 20% stake in Vietnamese renewable energy firmBitexco Power Corp for an undisclosed sum, to gain a foothold inthe growing market and expand its portfolio of greenenergy. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QU0K4

** Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG) 2250.SE andthe National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem) 2002.SE havesigned a non-binding agreement on a proposed merger, they said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QU0T9

** French agri-food group Avril said it was in exclusivetalks with meat group Bigard to sell its majority stakes in porkprocessing companies Abera and Porcgros. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2QU297

** Toyota Motor Corp's 7203.T Silicon Valley research armsaid it had acquired automotive operating system softwarecompany Renovo to help accelerate the development offully-autonomous connected vehicles. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QU1Z0

** A co-owner of Russia's Rusagro AGRORq.L , VadimMoshkovich plans to sell a 13.4% stake in the farmingconglomerate via a secondary public offering (SPO) of itsshares, it said in a statement. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QU262

** CyrusOne Inc CONE.O , a U.S. data center operator with amarket capitalization of about $9 billion, is exploringstrategic alternatives that include a potential sale of thecompany, according to people familiar with the matter. v

** Italian insurer Cattolica's CASS.MI said that its boardconsiders that bigger rival Generali's GASI.MI takeover offerfor it is at a fair price. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2QU3N2

** HeidelbergCement HEIG.DE , the world's second-largestcement maker, said it has taken a 45% stake in U.S.-basedCommand Alkon, which provides software and technology needed tomanage construction materials' supply chains. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2QU4H2

** Canada's No. 2 pension fund, Caisse de depot et placementdu Quebec, said it will shed all of its oil production assets,valued at C$3.9 billion ($3.08 billion), by the end of 2022 andreduce carbon intensity by 60% by 2030. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2QU1J8

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Tiyashi Datta and Shreyasee Raj inBengaluru) ((tiyashi.datta@thomsonreuters.com;))