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Article: Rio Tinto Offers $38.1 Billion for Alcan
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- July 12, 2007
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SYDNEY, Australia - Mining giant Rio Tinto has offered to buy Canadian aluminum company Alcan Inc. for $38.1 billion, the companies said Thursday, in a friendly takeover that counters a hostile bid by U.S.-based Alcoa.
The bid exceeds a $28 billion offer from Alcoa Inc. that Alcan's board roundly rejected in May, and would create the world's largest aluminum company.
In a joint statement, Rio Tinto and Alcan said the Anglo-Australian miner was offering $101 per share for Alcan in the all-cash deal, and that Alcan's board was recommending the deal to shareholders.
"This transaction combines two leading and complementary aluminum businesses, and is a further step in Rio Tinto's strategy ...