Qatar, Norway's Hydro sign deal for multi-billion dlr aluminium plant
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Norwegian firm Hydro and Qatar's state energy company signed a deal to build one of world's largest aluminium plants in the gas-rich Gulf state at a cost of three billion dollars.
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CALGARY (CP) - TransCanada Corp., one of Canada&#39;s biggest pipeline and power generation companies, has struck a deal worth $641 million to buy 41 hydroelectric generating stations from insolvent American power producer USGen New England Inc.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto struck a deal Thursday to buy Canada&#39;s Alcan, outbidding US rival Alcoa in a mammoth move that would create the world&#39;s largest aluminium company.
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Alcan Inc. has agreed to sell its ferroalloy business to Spain&#39;s Ferroatlantica SL for more than 100 million euros ($136.3 million or C$164.2 Canadian), the world&#39;s second biggest aluminum producer said on Thursday.
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Under the agreement, which followed several months of negotiations, Gamesa will also open an advanced technology manufacturing facility for turbine generator blades in Pennsylvania.
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"It's very important to have the system of agreements in place. This gives us shorter lead times and assured deliveries when a project is sanctioned."  OSLO, Norway: State-controlled oil company Statoil ASA on Friday announced its intent to sign a framework contract for offshore systems worth up to as 25 billion kroner with Aker Kvaerner ASA and FMC ... via International Herald Tribune
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Renault-Nissan signed an accord Friday with the Moroccan government for what it says will be one of its largest automobile-making operations in the world, set to be constructed near Tangiers.
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The Canadian aluminum company has agreed to be purchased by the Indian company Hindalco Industries.
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South Korean carmaker Hyundai says it has signed a $400m deal to build a car plant in north-west Russia.
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Gaz de France  and Suez  on Monday agreed to create the world's third-largest listed power and gas company after President Nicolas Sarkozy stepped in to prevent the 18-month old deal from collapsing.
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Finnish energy concerns announced Friday a $680-million-US deal to buy hydroelectricity from Norway's E-CO Vannkraft during the next 15 years.
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Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco said Friday it and US peer Alcoa have bought a 12-percent stake in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto, setting up a possible takeover tussle with rival BHP Billiton.
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NEW YORK  - Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. on Tuesday said it will invest about &#36;284 million US to build a new plant in Mosjoen, Norway, to supply anodes to two aluminum smelters in the region.
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Industry associations from both countries have signed a pact to collaborate on semiconductor technology.
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Miami-based Carnival Corp. and PLC (NYSE: CCL and NYSE: CUK) said it has signed a multibillion-dollar agreement for Italian shipyard Fincantieri to build four new cruise ships, as well as significantly redesign
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MOSCOW -- Russia's biggest aluminum producer, OAO Rusal, plans to acquire rival Sual Group and the alumina assets of Swiss-based commodities trader Glencore International AG in a deal to create the world's biggest aluminum producer, a person close to the negotiations said yesterday.
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OSLO/KUALA LUMPUR  - Norwegian aluminum group Norsk Hydro  and global miner Rio Tinto   declined to confirm or deny reports that they may place separate bids for Canada's Alcan .