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'''Alcan''' é maior empresa de alumínio do [[Canadá]] e a terceira maior do mundo atrás da [[Alcoa]] (da qual se separou em [[1928]]) e da Rusal.

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{{Infobox company|
  name   = Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. |
  logo   = [[File:Rio Tinto Alcan.svg|200px|Rio Tinto Alcan Logo]] |
  type   = [[Subsidiary]] of [[Rio Tinto Group|Rio Tinto PLC]]
([[London Stock Exchange|LSE]]: [http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/prices/system/detailedprices.htm?sym=GB0007188757GBGBXSET10718875RIO '''RIO''']) |
  foundation     = 1902 as a subsidiary of [[Alcoa]]|
  location       = [[Deloitte Tower]], [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] |
  key_people     = Alfredo Barrios, President and CEO |
  industry       = [[Aerospace]], [[Transport|Mass Transportation]], [[Building]], [[Construction]], [[Packaging and labelling|Packaging]], [[Aluminium]], [[Aluminium oxide|Alumina]]. |
  products       = Aluminas, aluminium sheet, extrusion billet, rod and remelt ingot, alloys, cable, packaging |
  revenues       = {{profit}} $23.60 billion [[United States dollar|USD]] (2006) |
  net_income     = {{profit}} $2.786 billion [[United States dollar|USD]] (2006) |
  parent         = [[Rio Tinto Group|Rio Tinto]] |
  num_employees  = 68,000 (including joint-ventures) |
  homepage       = {{URL|http://www.riotintoalcan.com/#}}
}}
'''Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.''' is a [[Canadian]] company based in [[Montreal]]. It was created on November 15, 2007 as the result of the merger between [[Rio Tinto Group|Rio Tinto PLC's]] Canadian subsidiary, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., and [[Canada|Canadian]] company [[Alcan]] Inc. On the same date, Alcan Inc. was renamed Rio Tinto Alcan Inc..

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. is the global leader of aluminium mining and production, above its one time parent [[Alcoa]] (from which it split in 1928), [[United Company RUSAL|Rusal]] and some Chinese public companies.

==History==
Founded in 1902 as the [[Canada|Canadian]] unit of [[Alcoa]], it was [[Spin out|spun off]] in 1928.  R.E. Powell left Alcoa to become Vice President of the Aluminium Company of Canada (later Alcan) in Montreal, was President from 1937–57 and was then Chancellor of McGill University from 1957-64.

Alcan has gone through several name changes:

* Northern Aluminum Company Limited - 1902
* '''Al'''uminum Company of '''Can'''ada Limited - 1925
* registers the name '''Alcan''' - 1945
* added French name Aluminium du Canada, Limitée - 1965
* 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<ref>[http://www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs-d-activite/ressources-naturelles/abandon-du-nom-alcan-le-gouvernement-couillard-hausse-les-epaules/578706]</ref>

In 2008 Alcan Inc was amalgamated with Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc following Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc's acquisition of a majority of the share capital in Alcan Inc. Following the acquisition which was carried out by way of amalgamation Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc was renamed Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.
<ref>[https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/fdrlCrpDtls.html?corpId=3101452] Corporations Canada.</ref>
<ref>[http://www.riotinto.com/media/5157_6844.asp] Acquisition of Alcan, Inc.</ref>

[[File:Alcan logo.svg|thumb|right|The logo of Alcan before the Rio Tinto takeover.]]

From 1935 to 1945, the use of ''Aluminum'' in Alcan's name was being disputed by [[Alcoa]], but a decision by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ended the legality of the company's name.

Historically, Alcan was one of Canada's most important and powerful companies, and was listed as the sixth "largest" in 1975.<ref>[http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/200TopCompanies.html The Top 200 - Canada's Largest Companies c1973-74 - Business]</ref>

In 1982 the company acquired the British Aluminium Company, renaming the operation [[British Aluminium|British Alcan]]. In 1999, Alcan made a failed attempt to make a three-way [[Mergers and acquisitions|merger]] between it and [[Algroup]] (Alusuisse Lonza Group) of [[Switzerland]] and [[Pechiney]] of [[France]]. The proposed merger was blocked by the [[European Commission]] due to fears of anti-competition. After the deal fell through, Alcan acquired Algroup in 2000. Then in 2003, Alcan acquired Pechiney, completing the original three-way merger plan of 1999.

In July 2007, [[Hindalco Industries]] announced it is buying the stake of Alcan in the Utkal Alumina Project in Orissa, India marking an exit of Alcan from the project.

On January 20, 2009 Rio Tinto Alcan announced plans to close the Beauharnois smelter and reduce output from the Vaudreuil refinery; both facilities are in Quebec. It is part of a larger plan to reduce aluminum output by a further 6% (following a cut of 5% in late 2008), while cutting 1,100 jobs worldwide. The company will also sell its half-interest in the Chinese Alcan Ningxia joint venture.<ref>Staff writer. [http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/090120/b0120198A.html "Rio Tinto Alcan permanently shutting Quebec smelter, reducing refinery output".] Canadian Press. January 20, 2009.</ref>

Rio Tinto sold assets from Alcan, including Alcan Packaging and Alcan Composites, in 2009, and Alcan Engineered Products in 2011. Alcan Packaging was acquired by Australian packaging giant [[Amcor]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=anXfmjjpInfo | work=Bloomberg | title=Amcor Offers $2.03 Billion for Part of Rio Packaging (Update6) | date=August 18, 2009}}</ref> Alcan Composites was sold to the Swiss firm Schweiter Technologies<ref>{{cite press release |title=Rio Tinto to sell Alcan Composites |url=http://www.riotinto.com/media/media-releases-237_1548.aspx |publisher=[[Rio Tinto Group|Rio Tinto]] |date=September 22, 2009 |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}</ref> and re-branded in 2010 to 3A Composites.<ref>{{cite web |title=3A Composites – History |url=http://www.3acomposites.com/index.php?cmd=11 |publisher=3A Composites |accessdate=April 30, 2014}}</ref>

After the union's contract expired on December 31, 2011 the company has locked out nearly 800 employees at its smelter plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, [[Quebec]] since midnight of the end of the year. The action was following nearly 3 months of unsuccessful bargaining and the further plant operations will be handled by the staff.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Tinto+Alcan+locks+workers+Quebec/5934026/story.html |title=Rio Tinto Alcan locks out 800 workers in Quebec |date=January 1, 2011}}</ref>

In 2015, Rio Tinto Alcan is scheduled to move its HQ from the [[Maison Alcan]] and relocate to the [[Deloitte Tower]], which will be situated between [[Windsor Station (Montreal)|Windsor Station]] and the [[Bell Centre]].<ref name=Marotte>{{cite news|last=Marotte|first=Bertrand|title=Rio Tinto Alcan moving Montreal headquarters|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/property-report/rio-tinto-alcan-moving-montreal-headquarters/article13141324/#dashboard/follows/|accessdate=July 12, 2013|newspaper=[[Globe and Mail]]|date=July 11, 2013}}</ref>

==Product groups==

===Bauxite and alumina===
Alcan owns, operates or has an interest in six bauxite mines and deposits, five smelter-grade alumina refineries and six specialty aluminas plants. Its Bauxite & Alumina group refines bauxite ore into smelter-grade alumina for Alcan’s Primary Metal group and external customers and specialty-grade alumina for third parties. It also owns an extensive transportation network, including trucking, rail, marine shipping and port facilities worldwide.

===Primary metal===
Alcan Primary Metal group includes Alcan’s aluminum smelting facilities and power generation installations, smelting technology and equipment sales, engineering services and aluminum trading operations, anode and cathode production facilities and aluminum fluoride plants.

Alcan owns or has an interest in 22 smelters in 11 countries and regions.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Alcan smelters<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.alcan.com/web/publishing.nsf/AttachmentsByTitle/Business+Groups/$FILE/Primary_Metal.pdf
|title=Alcan Primary Metal
|accessdate=2007-08-20
}}</ref>
|-
!class="unsortable"| Location !!Annual Capacity (kt) !!Ownership (%)
|-
|[[Boyne Island aluminium smelter|Boyne Smelters Limited]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]  ||556||59.39
|-
|[[Bell Bay aluminium smelter|Bell Bay]], [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]]  ||177||100
|-
|[[Tomago aluminium smelter|Tomago]], [[New South Wales|NSW]], [[Australia]]  ||520||51.5
|-
|[[Tiwai Point]], [[New Zealand|NZ]] ||330||79.36
|-
|[[Edea, Cameroon]] (Alucam)||100||46.7
|-
|[[Alma, Quebec]] ||438||100
|-
|[[Arvida, Quebec]]||166||100
|-
|[[Beauharnois, Quebec]]||52||100
|-
|[[Becancour, Quebec]]||404||25
|-
|[[Grande-Baie, Quebec]]||207||100
|-
|[[Kitimat, British Columbia]]||277||100
|-
|[[Laterriere, Quebec]]||228||100
|-
|[[Aluminerie Alouette|Sept-Îles, Quebec (Alouette)]]||572||40
|-
|[[Shawinigan, Quebec]]||99||100
|-
|[[Qingtongxia]], [[China]]||152||50
|-
|[[Dunkerque]], [[France]] ||259||100
|-
|[[Lannemezan]], [[France]] ||50||100
|-
|[[Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne]], [[France]]||135||100
|-
|[[Hafnarfjörður]], [[Iceland]] (ISAL)||179||100
|-
|[[Husnes]], [[Norway]]  (SORAL)||164||50
|-
|[[Sohar]] (Muscat), [[Oman]] ||360||20
|-
|[[Lochaber]], [[Scotland]], [[UK]] ||43||100
|-
|[[Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter|Lynemouth]], [[UK]] (closed March 2012) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-17545827] ||178||100
|-
|[[Sebree, Kentucky]], [[USA]] ||196||100
|}

Alcan is based in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]] and had revenues of US$23.6 billion and 68,000 employees in 61 countries in 2007.

==Corporate governance==
As of March 6, 2007, members of the [[board of directors]] of Alcan were: 
*[[Roland Berger]]
*[[L. Denis Desautels]]
*Dick Evans
*[[Yves Fortier (lawyer)|Yves Fortier]]
*Jean-Paul Jacamon
*William R. Loomis Jr.
*Yves Mansion
*Christine Morin-Postel
*H. Onno Ruding
*[[Guy Saint-Pierre]]
*[[Gerhard Schulmeyer]]
*[[Paul Tellier|Paul M. Tellier]]
*Milton K. Wong

It should be noted this was the last board of directors of Alcan prior to its renaming and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto PLC. Rio Tinto added several Alcan directors to its corporate board in London, including Dick Evans, who was Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Alcan.

==Takeover==
Alcoa Inc. announced a hostile take over bid for its progeny on May 7, 2007, in a deal worth $27 billion USD. The combined companies would have formed the largest aluminum producer in the world. On May 22, 2007, Alcan's board of directors unanimously recommended that shareholders reject Alcoa’s unsolicited offer to acquire Alcan. The board determined that the offer was inadequate in multiple respects and was contrary to the best interests of Alcan’s shareholders. On July 12, 2007, Alcan announced a friendly takeover deal with [[England|Anglo]]-[[Australia]]n mining giant [[Rio Tinto Group|Rio Tinto]], worth $38.1 billion USD. Alcan's board of directors unanimously recommended the deal to shareholders. Alcoa withdrew its bid later in the day. On October 25, 2007, the merger was completed and Rio Tinto Alcan (the amalgamation of Alcan and Rio Tinto Aluminum) became the world's largest aluminum company. However, while Rio Tinto won overwhelming shareholder support on October 25, 2007, the acquisition was not formally consummated until November 15, 2007, the date on which the corporate name changed and integration was finally completed.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/07/12/alcan-rio-tinto.html | work=CBC News | title=Rio Tinto reaches $38.1B US merger deal with Alcan | date=July 12, 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.riotinto.com/riotintoalcan/ENG/media/35_media_releases_1072.asp]</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Companies}}
{{Wikipedia books|Aluminium}}
* [[British Aluminium|British Alcan]]
* [[List of alumina refineries]]
* [[List of aluminium smelters]]
* [[Aluminium smelting]]
* [[Kemano, British Columbia]], Canada
* [[Nechako Reservoir]]

==References==
{{Reflist|1}}

==External links==
* [http://www.riotintoalcan.com/ Rio Tinto Alcan website]
*[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/2007/snapshots/6489.html Alcan is named Americas Most Admired Metals Company by Fortune]
* [http://www.rlt.ulaval.ca/mutationsdutravail/upload/fichier37.pdf L’impact de la perte de contrôle d’une entreprise florissante la prise de contrôle d’Alcan par Rio Tinto]
* [http://www.mdeie.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/contenu/documents_soutien/salle_presse/communiques/annexes/en_20070712_alcan.pdf Continuity Agreement Between Alcan and Gouvernement of Québec 2006]
* [https://www.ap-technology.com Rio Tinto Alcan AP Technology]

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==Ligações externas==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100125084841/http://www.alcan.com/ Site oficial]
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[[Categoria:Empresas de alumínio do Canadá]]