Rio Tinto makes $38.1bn Alcan bid
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Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto says it has made a recommended $38.1bn offer for Canadian firm Alcan.
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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. has begun negotiating toward a merger agreement with Rio Tinto PLC to fend off a hostile bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc., Canada's the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on its Web site.
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BHP Billiton sweetened its hostile takeover bid for Rio Tinto on Wednesday by lifting its valuation of the mining giant to 147.4 billion dollars as it seeks to exploit a resources boom driven by China.
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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 aluminum producer Alcoa said in a statement that it would continue to pursue its $27.4 billion cash and stock bid for a rival, Alcan, despite the Canadian companyâs rejection of the offer. But Alcoaâs chairman and chief executive, Alain J. P. Belda, said that the company would not enhance the proposal, which Alcan called inadequate. âWe have studied Alcanâs response and have not seen anything that would lead us to re-evaluate our offer,â Mr. Belda said. He also rejected suggestions by Alcan that Alcoa would have difficulty obtaining antitrust approval for the merger and urged Alcanâs board to resume its examination of the bid.
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MONTREAL/NEW YORK  - Alcoa Inc.  says it could raise its hostile $28.6 billion offer for Alcan Inc.  if warranted, but the Canadian aluminum maker has rebuffed requests for talks, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday.
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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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Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc   said on Monday it has received U.S. anti-trust  clearance for its $38.1 billion acquisition of aluminum maker  Alcan Inc .
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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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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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The battle over Rio Tinto intensified after BHP Billiton increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake last week.
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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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The FTSE 100 closed up after a turbulent trading session that was dominated by consolidation within the mining sector following Rio Tinto&#39;s 38.1 billion dollar bid for Alcan, dealers said Thursday.
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Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto said on Tuesday that it planned to invest 1.8 billion dollars (1.3 billion euros) to expand its aluminium plant in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland.
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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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Alcan Inc , which is fending off a hostile $28.8 billion bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc , is closer to arranging a rival friendly deal and is expected to make an announcement this week, according to sources familiar with the situation.