Alcan Global ATI to implement workforce reduction plan for its Ravenswood facility.
MONTREAL, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcan Global Aerospace, Transportation and Industry (ATI), part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan - will implement a workforce reduction plan at its Ravenswood facility in West Virginia. The plan is expected to impact 168 roles (140 permanent...

Alcan Cable Introduces WIDESTRIPE(TM) Aluminum Type XHHW-2 Cable - An Environmental Solution for Phase Identification.
MONTREAL, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcan Cable, part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan - has launched WIDESTRIPE(TM) XHHW-2 cable for use in wiring applications in residential, commercial and industrial construction requiring phase identification. As the most recent addition to the STABILOY(R) family...

Aircraft News - North America.
Dec 7, 2008 Winter is upon the USA and airports face a de-icing fluid shortage. Supplies of potassium acetate, the main raw material in most popular de-icer, are short owing to a long strike at potash mines in Canada. A hard winter could dent airport cash flow,...

Travel Safety Update - North America.
Dec 7, 2008 Winter is upon the USA and airports face a de-icing fluid shortage. Supplies of potassium acetate, the main raw material in most popular de-icer, are short owing to a long strike at potash mines in Canada. A hard winter could dent airport cash flow,...

Airline News - North America.
Dec 7, 2008 A 99-day strike by potash mine workers in Canada could affect travelers in the U.S. this winter, according to the U.S. government, due to a severe shortage in a runway de-icing fluid that uses potassium acetate that comes from the mines. The strike ended...

Airport News - North America.
Dec 7, 2008 Safety advocates are criticizing the waning of the Aviation Safety Action Program, an initiative designed to help carriers and government regulators identify potential safety hazards by allowing pilots to report their own mistakes without fear of punishment. The voluntary program has been shown to...

Rio Tinto to invest additional US$300 million to advance the Kitimat Modernisation Project.
MONTREAL, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Rio Tinto is to invest an additional US$300 million in the modernisation of the Kitimat aluminium smelter in British Columbia, Canada, bringing the current project funding total to over US$500[R]E[sz]million. "The Kitimat Modernisation Project leverages two of our greatest competitive advantages -...

Ilene Gordon wins Best Executive in 2008 Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
MONTREAL, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Ilene Gordon, president and chief executive officer, Alcan Packaging, has been named Best Executive by the prestigious Stevie Awards for Women in Business competition. "I am grateful to accept this award on behalf of myself and the employees of Alcan Packaging," she...

New Rio Tinto Alcan partnership supports sustainable community development in the Boke mining region of the Republic of Guinea.
MONTREAL, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Rio Tinto Alcan, the Agence francaise de developpement (AFD), the Center for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI), and the Guinean Ministry of Decentralization and Local Development have signed a memorandum of understanding to build planning and management capacities in the rural development communities (CRDs)...

Rio Tinto Alcan alters role in Ma'aden aluminium project.
MONTREAL, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Rio Tinto Alcan is revising its participation from an equity partner in the integrated aluminum "mine-to-metal" project in Saudi Arabia to the role of working with Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) towards project development through a smelter technology transfer agreement and a cooperation agreement....