Alcoa Plans to Declare Force Majeure
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Alcoa Inc.  on Tuesday said it plans to declare force majeure to its customers due to a temporary shutdown at its Jamalco refinery in Jamaica and damage to the port from which the plant ships its alumina caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Alcan has filed its preliminary prospectus on the spinoff of its rolled-products division. The new company is to be turned over to Alcan shareholders as a separate business under the name Novelis.
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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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The French state will take a so-called &quot;golden share&quot; in the to-be-merged energy group of Suez and Gaz de France to prevent sales of GDF assets like gas infrastructure, Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday.
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It's crunch time for a four-year drive to forge a new elite force to serve as the military spearhead of the trans-Atlantic alliance.Comment
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Su scia voci di acquisizione societa' Usa Alcoa
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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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The campaign is expected to come to a head early next year when the introduction of new international accounting standards will require shareholders to inject fresh capital into many Italian banks.
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Alcoa Inc. is being targeted by two foreign mining giants who are each preparing $40 billion takeover bids for the aluminum producer, a British newspaper reported. Alcoa shares rose $2.10, or 6.4 percent, to $35, yesterday although some analysts questioned whether such a deal was likely.
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The Anglo-Dutch oil firm sets out to woo investors by explaining how it will boost its oil reserves.
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Saudi Arabia says it is ready to push an extra 1.3 million barrels a day of oil into the market, to help reverse surging prices.
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French utility Gaz de France wants to join the European Union&#39;s flagship Nabucco gas pipeline, the French gas giant&#39;s chief operating officer Jean-Marie Dauger said here Friday.
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French parliamentarians are this week to begin debate on the privatisation of Gaz de France (GDF), which the government hopes will be the next step towards its merger with water and electricity group Suez and the creation of a European energy giant.
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The production capacity of Alcoa Inc.'s proposed aluminum plant in Trinidad is being expanded by 29 percent, the prime minister said.
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The oil and gas firm keeps ratcheting up reserves.
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The new head of the state French electricity utility EDF is considering a part flotation before the end of 2005, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said in a newspaper interview on Thursday.
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The European Commission announces plans to force energy companies to produce greener fuels.