Rio Tinto Alcan's French smelter draws interest

Oct 11, 2012 | 03:50 PM | Suzy Waite

Tags  Rio Tinto Alcan, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, French smelter, aluminum, smelter, Suzy Waite

NEW YORK — Rio Tinto Alcan is moving forward with plans to sell its Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne smelter in the French Alps.

Several parties have expressed interest in the smelter, which has a nameplate capacity of 141,000 tonnes per year, a Rio Tinto Alcan spokesman told AMM. ....





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