Rio Tinto eyeing bid for 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 Inc.  , the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
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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 Ltd/Plc  ,  the world&#39;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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Underperforming U.S. aluminum giant  Alcoa  is ripe for takeover, and analysts see Australian  resource companies BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto as likely  predators.
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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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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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Anglo-Australian mining company Rio  Tinto   said on Thursday it received all  regulatory approvals required to close the $38.1 billion  acquisition of Canada's Alcan .
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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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Rio Tinto  , the world's second-biggest miner, is drawing up plans to gatecrash Alcoa Inc's  $28 billion hostile bid for North American rival Alcan Inc , the Daily Telegraph said on Friday.
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PITTSBURGH, July 12 -- Alcoa withdrew its $28 billion offer to buy Canadian aluminum rival Alcan on Thursday after being outbid by mining giant Rio Tinto.
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Alcoa's offer for Canadian rival Alcan is trumped by white knight Rio Tinto.
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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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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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Aluminum producer 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. , a Canadian newspaper said on Wednesday.
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Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto launched a 38.1-billion-dollar offer for Canada&#39;s Alcan on Thursday, trumping US rival Alcoa in a mammoth bid to create the world&#39;s largest aluminium company.
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Business & money: Â· Group in talks with banks as deadline loomsÂ· Only increased offer will win over Rio Tinto board
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Rio Tinto shareholders have backed the Anglo-Australian mining giant&#39;s bid to buy Canada&#39;s Alcan and create the world&#39;s largest aluminium firm, the company said Friday.