Rio Tinto Alcan
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Rio Tinto Alcan is a Canada-based mining company. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, it is a subsidiary of global mining conglomerate Rio Tinto. It was created on 15 November 2007 as the result of the merger between Rio Tinto's Canadian subsidiary and Canadian company Alcan.
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Aerospace, mass transportation, building, construction, packaging, aluminium, alumina. |
Founded | 1902 as a subsidiary of Alcoa |
Headquarters | Deloitte Tower, Montreal, Quebec |
Key people | Ivan Vella, President and CEO |
Products | Aluminas, aluminium sheet, extrusion billet, rod and remelt ingot, alloys, cable, packaging |
Revenue | US$23.60 billion (2006) |
US$2.786 billion (2006) | |
Number of employees | 68,000 (including joint-ventures) |
Parent | Rio Tinto |
Website | riotinto |
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The company is the global leader of aluminium mining and production, above its one time parent Alcoa (from which it split in 1928), Rusal, and some Chinese public companies.