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It was founded in 1902 as the Northern Aluminum Company, renamed Aluminum Company of Canada in 1925, and Alcan Aluminum in 1966. It took the name Alcan Incorporated in 2001. During that time, it grew to become one of the world's largest aluminum manufacturers. Alcan was purchased by Australian-British multinational Rio Tinto for $38 billion in ...
introduce the use of the name Alcan Aluminium Limited in English and Alcan Aluminium Limitée 1966; later used as the official name of the parent company in 1987; Alcan Inc. – 2001; Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. – 2008 (current company name) In May 2015, the corporation announced that the name Alcan would gradually disappear to only keep Rio Tinto [1]
Rio Tinto Aluminium (previously known as Comalco) is now known as Rio Tinto Alcan after Rio's takeover of Alcan.It was the world's eighth largest aluminium company. It mines and manufactures bauxite, alumina and primary aluminium.
Jamaica Clarendon 1,400 50% Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals, 50% Jamaican Government [3] Jamaica Ewarton Alumina 675 Jamaican Government, United Company of Rusal [5] Jamaica Nain St. Elizabeth (Alpart) 1,700 65% United Company of Rusal, 35% Hydro Aluminium [5] Jamaica Kirkvine Alumina 625 Jamaican Government, United Company of Rusal: Japan Ehime 0
The Metals Disintegrating Company manufactured metal powders such as aluminum powder. It was founded in 1916 by Everett Joel Hall (1879–1931), a professor of assaying at Columbia University. [1] It was acquired by Alcan in 1963 and renamed as Alcan Powders and Pigments.
Culver began working at Alcan in 1949, eventually rising to CEO in 1979. From 1986 to 1989, he was chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. In 1989, he became a founding partner of CAI Private Equity, a firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, restructurings, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. He was a co-founder and Canadian ...
The Northern Aluminum Company in Quebec was renamed the Aluminum Company of Canada (ALCAN) in 1925. They were responsible for the rapid development of Arvida, Quebec, a remote area 250 km north of Quebec City. Infrastructure was necessary to support the workforce required by the aluminum plant, so the company funded the construction of schools ...
33% Global Alumina, 33% BHP Billiton, 25% Dubai Aluminium Company Limited, 8.3% Mubadala Development Company PJSC: Currently in feasibility study Iceland: Reyðarfjörður: 346,000: Alcoa Fjarðaál Iceland: Grundartangi, near Akranes: 312,000: Nordic Aluminum Co (Norðurál), subsidiary of Century Aluminum: Owned by Glencore International AG ...