Rio Tinto near deal to buy Alcan for $37 bln: report
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Global miner Rio Tinto was near a deal to buy Canadian aluminum giant Alcan Inc. for about $100 per share, or $37 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Thursday.
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Shares of Alcan Inc. rose after reports of possible takeover offers from Norsk Hydro ASA and Rio Tinto Group raised expectations of a bidding war with Alcoa Inc. for the Canadian aluminum producer.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Alcan Inc. is investing &#36;55 million US in the Russian packaging market to build and equip two factories in the Moscow and St. Petersburg regions.
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Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc. reported Thursday that it is in advanced discussions with Ferroatlantica for the sale of its ferroalloy division, Pechiney Electrometallurgie.
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Mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc.   said on Thursday it has agreed to pay $38.1 billion, or $101 per common share, for Canadian aluminum company Alcan 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 Inc.  , the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
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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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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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Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto offered 38.1 billion dollars for Canada&#39;s Alcan Thursday, trumping US rival Alcoa with a proposed merger that would create the world largest aluminium company.
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China teams up with US aluminium giant Alcoa to buy a 12% stake in mining firm Rio Tinto for $14.05bn.
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Alcan Inc.  shares rose 6 percent on Wednesday on speculation a counter offer could emerge to Alcoa Inc.'s  $28.4 billion hostile bid for the big Canadian aluminum maker.
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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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BHP Billiton    is unlikely to increase its $130 billion unsolicited  proposal to acquire mining rival Rio Tinto   by  a February 6 deadline, The Wall Street Journal reported on  Monday. BHP could be trying to pressure Rio to negotiate by  holding firm with its three-for-one share offer, which has yet  to be formalized, the newspaper said, citing sources familiar  with the company's plans.
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Alcoa Inc.  said on Thursday it has withdrawn its $29 billion offer for Alcan Inc.   in light of Rio Tinto's   agreement to purchase the Canadian aluminum company for $38 billion.
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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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Alcan Inc. AL.TO AL.N, the  Canadian aluminum maker, is considering a sale of its rolled  products business in a transaction that might fetch $4 billion  to $5 billion, after in May announcing a plan to spin the  business off, the New York Post said on Wednesday.
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With Alcan and Rio Tinto combining, maybe Alcoa and giant BHP Billiton could similarly become betrothed.