Alcan today officially joined the Rio Tinto group following the successful offer for Alcan by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. The expanded aluminium product group, formed by the combination of Alcan and Rio Tinto’s existing aluminium assets, today became the new global leader in aluminium and will be known as Rio Tinto Alcan. The two [...]

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UC RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of aluminium and alumina, has signed a co-operation agreement with the government of Russia’s Saratov region for the construction of a major energy and metals complex. The complex will include a significant expansion of the Balakovsky nuclear power plant, with UC RUSAL building the fifth and sixth reactor blocks, [...]

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