HBM is the next takeover targetRio Tinto Bids $38.1 Billion for Alcan
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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Rio Tinto announced Thursday it was offering $38.1 billion to buy Alcan Inc., launching a friendly offer to counter a hostile bid for the Canadian aluminum company by U.S. giant Alcoa.
The Anglo-Australian miner said it was offering $101 per share for Alcan, which it said was recommending the price to shareholders.
The bid exceeds Alcoa Inc.'s $28 billion offer, which Alcan's board roundly rejected in May, calling it inadequate.
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