Rio Tinto eyeing bid for Canada&#39;s Alcan: report
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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.
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MONTREAL/NEW YORK  - Alcan Inc.   has rebuffed requests by Alcoa Inc.  for a meeting to discuss Alcoa's hostile $28.6 billion offer for the Canadian aluminum producer, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday.
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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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Alcan Inc.  shares rose 6  percent on Wednesday on speculation a counter offer could  emerge to Alcoa Inc.&#39;s  $28.4 billion hostile bid for the  big Canadian aluminum maker.
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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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LONDON/BEIJING  - China has muscled in on miner BHP Billiton's  attempts to buy rival Rio Tinto , with its biggest aluminum producer teaming up with U.S. group Alcoa  to buy a 12 percent stake in Rio.
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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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Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto are reportedly preparing rival $40m takeover bids for US firm Alcoa.
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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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Europe&#39;s main stock markets held steady after recent heavy losses, as investors looked to miner Rio Tinto&#39;s mammoth 38.1-billion-dollar takeover for Alcan, dealers said Thursday.
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Rio Tinto  , the  world&#39;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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LONDON/MONTREAL  - Rio Tinto  , the world's second-biggest miner, is considering gate-crashing Alcoa Inc.'s  $28.6 billion hostile bid for Alcan Inc.  , sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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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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MELBOURNE: The world&#39;s second-largest diversified miner, Rio Tinto Ltd Plc, said yesterday high oil prices were increasing its costs but were not dampening demand for its key commodities.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  , the world's biggest miner, is in talks with private equity firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S. aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.
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Alcan Inc.  , which is fighting a hostile $28.8 billion bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc. , is closer to arranging a friendly deal involving Rio Tinto Plc   and is expected to make an announcement this week, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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Alcan Inc.   is happy to remain independent, amid speculation that big international miners may want to buy their way into the aluminum sector, the Canadian company's chief executive said on Monday.