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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
MONTREAL, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ - Alcan Composites, part of Alcan
Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan - received the
2008 BEX Award in the Best Use of Architectural or Structural Design
category, using ALUCOBOND(R) for the modernization of a housing scheme in
the Scharnhorst district of Dortmund, Germany.
"It is an honour to receive this significant award," said Markus Gross,
president,...
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Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Alcan made its shareholders very happy last year when it wrangled several billion takeover dollars more out of Rio Tinto than Alcoa was offering to pay for the Canadian aluminum icon. But could one ever say that, in doing so, Alcan produced happiness?
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
SHEFFIELD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Radius Solutions Ltd., the leading integrated Business Information Management/Enterprise Resource
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Thinking made Easy (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
INTRODUCTION This essay tackles about the Alcan Case Study. The Lynemouth Smelter due to the imperative need to change the organization underlies from the conventional work organization that existed and as a response to decline of the world price of aluminum combined with the impact of the increasing rise of...
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Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Miner sets quarterly production records for iron ore, mined copper and alumina,says Alcan integration on target 16 Jul 2008 3:15 PM
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
MONTREAL, July 15 /PRNewswire/ - Alcan Packaging, part of Rio Tinto
Alcan, announced that its Global Beauty division has signed a Share
Purchase Agreement to acquire the Tubapak cosmetic tubes manufacturing
facility in Russia.
"This acquisition illustrates our growth strategy", said Ilene S.
Gordon, president and CEO, Alcan Packaging. "It will enable us to
significantly increase our capability in...
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
To exploit growing opportunities in India, world's largest aluminium producer, Rio Tinto Alcan, will seek the FIPB nod to set up a 15 mn tonne activated aluminium plant in Gujarat for an unspecified amount.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Rio TInto, the mining giant fighting off an unsolicited bid from BHP Billiton, is accelerating a disposal programme that could generate billions of pounds from the sale of its Alcan Packaging unit and its US thermal coal operations.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Bechtel today announced it signed a $200 million engineering, procurement, and construction management agreement with Rio Tinto Alcan for the Kitimat Smelter modernization project in Kitimat, British Columbia.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
MONTREAL, July 10 /PRNewswire/ - Rio Tinto Alcan has initiated
formation of the previously announced CDN$200 million fund to support
communities in Canada. Named the Rio Tinto Alcan Canada Fund, this is a
major step in the fulfilment of Rio Tinto's promise to continue the former
Alcan's commitments to communities in which it operates. The endowment will
be built up over a five year period beginning...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
MONTREAL, July 9 /PRNewswire/ - Rio Tinto Alcan has awarded a contract
to Bechtel, worth approximately US$200 million, to conduct the complete
engineering, procurement and construction management of the planned
approximately US$2.5 billion Kitimat Modernization Project in British
Columbia, Canada. The project would increase production capacity at the
smelter by 40%, taking it up to 400,000 tonnes per...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Alaska 08 ED and Alex ride to Alaska on an 05 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic. A trip to facilitate a boy's transition to a man and a man's transition back to his youth...
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EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
MONTREAL, Canada, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcan Packaging, a division of Rio Tinto Alcan, announced today that it will invest euro 17 million (approximately US$27 million) in the Central European.. - Read more
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esker, the leader in document process automation solutions, announced today that Alcan Composites USA, a member of a leading global multi material company for
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Gadling (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Filed under: Talking Travel Beth Whitman is the Wonder Woman of the travel biz. She began her adventure by backpacking the Pacific Rim for a year. Since then, she's driven the Alcan Highway to Alaska (twice), hiked through the Himalayas, and motorcycled solo from Seattle to Panama. As author of the top-selling travel guide for women, Wanderlust and Lipstick , she is an expert on the art of travel,...
