World Business Briefing: Canada: Alcan Moves to Avert Takeover
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Alcan, the Canadian aluminum producer, said it had signed agreements with third parties to evade a hostile $28.8 billion takeover bid from Alcoa.
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The aluminum maker extended its takeover offer to rival Alcan and said second-quarter profit slipped by nearly 4 percent
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Alcan Inc.  said on Friday that a $28.6 billion hostile offer from Alcoa Inc.  remains inadequate and the big Canadian aluminum maker is pursuing alternatives such as talks with other groups.
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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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Shares of Alcan Inc. &lt;AL.TO&gt; &lt;AL.N&gt; rose some 3 percent on Wednesday morning on a report it was talking to BHP Billiton &lt;BHP.AX&gt; &lt;BHP.N&gt; as the Canadian aluminum maker opposes a hostile $28 billion bid by U.S. rival Alcoa Inc. &lt;AA.N&gt;.
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The world's largest mining group, BHP Billington Ltd.,  is considering a rival bid for aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  and has hired an investment bank, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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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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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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Rio Tinto Ltd.'s $38.1 billion takeover of Alcan Inc. is set to reap benefits from not just China's appetite for aluminum, but also the bauxite and alumina needed to make it, analysts said on Friday.
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U.S.-based Alcoa may face a rival for global dominance if a tentative merger of two Russian aluminum companies and a major Swiss commodity trader comes to fruition.
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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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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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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.
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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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SYDNEY/LONDON  - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd/Plc has agreed to buy Canada's Alcan Inc. for $38.1 billion to create the world's biggest aluminum producer, the two firms said on Thursday.
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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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Alcan Inc. has agreed to sell its ferroalloy division to a Spanish company for more than â¬100-million ($164.1-million). Montreal-based Alcan said yesterday it had agreed on terms