Rio Tinto Alcan mulls aluminum smelter in Paraguay

Dec 21, 2009 | 10:31 AM |

Rio Tinto Alcan is considering building a primary aluminum smelter in Paraguay with an initial capacity of 485,000 tonnes per year.

Rio will start negotiations with Paraguay's state-owned national electrical agency, Administración Nacional de Electricidad, early next year on a power supply deal for the smelter, which it hopes to bring on-stream....





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