Rio Tinto Alcan starts $200M community fund
Rio Tinto Alcan has started the $200-million Canada fund, aimed at giving back to communities in Quebec and British Columbia, where the company has operations. The subsidiary of mining juggernaut Rio …
Rio Tinto Alcan
2007 record year for mining M&As
Vancouver – Mining industry mergers and acquisitions (M&As) soared to record levels in 2007 fueled by a new corpora…
Alcan rolling hot: Deal in place to build modern mill in China
Fresh on the heels of the largest takeover in Canadian corporate history, Alcan (AL-T, AL-N) has announced plans to…
Earnings: Alcan, Fording, Inmet, Teck Cominco
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figur…
Feds form panel to review foreign investment legislation
On the heels of London-based Rio Tinto’s (RIO-N, RIO-L) friendly takeover bid for Montreal-based Alcan (AL-T, AL-N)…
BHP Billiton rumoured plotting Rio Tinto bid
Vancouver – Market buzz has the worlds largest mining company BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BHP-A, BLT-L) brewing up a take…
Alcoa bids for Alcan
A meaty hostile offer has been tabled; now let the politics begin. On May 7, U.S. aluminum giant Alcoa (AA-N) unvei…
Earnings: Alcan, Blue Note, Fording, Monroe Minerals, Moto, Nordex, Teck Cominco
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands except per-share figures,…
Alcan jettisons French asset (April 23, 2007)
Alcan (AL-T, AL-N) is paring down its engineered products branch by selling off its Satma subsidiary to ALMECO Spa …
Earnings: Agrium, Alcan, Can. Oil Sands Trust, Royal Gold
Earnings Summary from CNW Group. All figures in thousands e…
Bauxite shipments stopped as violence in Guinea grows
As the general strike in Guinea escalates in size and violence shipments of bauxite from Compagnie des Bauxites de …
Protests in Guinea heating up
The latest round of riots in Guinea has intensified to the point where bauxite production could be threatened. Th…