Alcoa Inc. is making a hostile bid for Canadian aluminum rival Alcan Inc. worth nearly $27 billion after failing in almost two years of private talks to reach a negotiated deal. Alcoa said the ...

Following Alcan's May 18, 2004 announcement of its intention to pursue a spin-off to its shareholders of substantially all of the rolled products businesses held by Alcan prior to its acquisition of ...

Rio Tinto scooped up Canadian aluminum miner Alcan on Thursday, with a $42.5 billion takeover offer that American rival Alcoa could not match. All of a sudden, there's a big target on Alcoa . The ...