Rio Tinto to get Alcan for $38.1b as Alcoa withdraws
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Rio Tinto Group agreed yesterday to buy Alcan Inc. for $38.1 billion in cash, overwhelming a hostile bid by Alcoa Inc. to form the world's biggest aluminum maker.
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Rio Tinto  , the world's second-largest mining group, on Tuesday dismissed talk that it was lining up a bid for Canadian aluminum maker Alcan  as speculation, but did not to deny the rumor outright.
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Alcan Inc. has begun negotiating  toward a merger agreement with Rio Tinto PLC to fend off a  hostile bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc., Canada&#39;s the Globe and  Mail newspaper reported on its Web site.
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With his formal training in geology, Tom  Albanese could be excused for believing he'd struck the mother  lode after orchestrating a bump-free $38 billion acquisition of  Alcan just six months into his new job as chief executive of  Rio Tinto, the world's second-largest mining house.
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Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc. reported Thursday that it agreed to sell its ferroalloy division Pechiney Electrometallurgie to Ferroatlantica for more than 100 million euro ($136.2 million).
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SYDNEY/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc   signed a $38.1 billion cash deal to buy Canada's Alcan Inc. , creating the world's biggest aluminum producer, the companies said on Thursday, trumping a hostile offer from Alcoa Inc .
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Rio Tinto Ltd. Plc   has hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  , the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
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The $101-a-share Rio Tinto bid represents a 32.8 percent premium to Alcoaâs hostile offer of $76.03 a share, potentially making it difficult for Alcoa to increase its bid.
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Alcoa Inc. , which has launched  a hostile offer for Canadian rival Alcan Inc.  ,  said on Tuesday that it signed for a $30 billion credit  facility with its lenders that it would use to pay for Alcan  shares.
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PITTSBURGH Alcoa says it plans to transfer development rights at a Brazilian bauxite reserve, which will translate to a boost of about 37 (m) million dollars in fourth-quarter earnings.
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Alcan Inc.   has begun negotiating a $34 billion friendly offer from Rio Tinto PLC  to fend off a hostile $28.6 billion bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc. , newspapers said on Wednesday.
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Alcan Inc., the world&#39;s biggest aluminum maker by sales, agreed to sell its Pechiney Electrometallurgie ferroalloy division to Spain&#39;s Ferroatlantica SL for more than 100 million euros ($136 million).
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Rio Tintoâs $38.1 billion bid exceeds a $28 billion offer from Alcoa Inc. that Alcanâs board roundly rejected.
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Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc  said on Monday it has received U.S. anti-trust clearance for its $38.1 billion ($36.3 billion) acquisition of Canadian aluminum maker Alcan Inc .
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Shares in global miner Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc.  hit a record high on Thursday as investors bet it would launch a rival bid for Canada's Alcan Ltd. , topping the $28.8 billion that Alcoa Inc. has offered.
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Alcan Inc., one of the world&#39;s largest aluminum producers, said Friday it agreed to sell assets of its ores and concentrates trading division to Ocean Partners Holdings Ltd.
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Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc  has hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian aluminum producer Alcan , the Sydney Morning Herald paper reported on Monday.