Alcoa outbid in purchase of Alcan
In a reversal of fortune for Alcoa, the dominant aluminum supplier to the aerospace industry withdrew its $29 billion offer to buy Alcan after the Canadian company struck a more lucrative $38 billion deal to sell itself to a different suitor. Alcan agreed on July 12 to be acquired instead by Rio...
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