Alcan Packaging Celebrates World Environment Day by Launching its Global Sustainability Moments(SM) Campaign

September 16th, 2009 MONTREAL - Rio Tinto Alcan is preparing to restart idled production capacity at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec, Canada. "The decision to curtail 25 per cent of Vaudreuil's production last January was a necessary step to reposition our business but current market conditions warrant restarting this capacity," said Jacynthe Côté, Chief executive, Rio Tinto Alcan.

August 30th, 2009 PARIS - Alcan Engineered & Automotive Solutions, part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto - is becoming a key player in the growing market for greener car components, having been awarded a total US$ 750 million worth of multi-year contracts over the past twelve months for its innovative, lightweight aluminium solutions. "These contracts with several leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), in both premium and mass production markets, represent significant market share gains for our business," said Christel Bories, President & CEO , Alcan Engineered Products.

August 17th, 2009 MELBOURNE, Australia - Amcor has offered to acquire parts of Alcan Packaging for US$2025 million from Rio Tinto. The Alcan Packaging businesses which Amcor has agreed to acquire include: Alcan Packaging Global Pharmaceuticals, Alcan Packaging Food Europe, Alcan Packaging Food Asia and Alcan Packaging Global Tobacco.

July 15th, 2009 MONTREAL - Rio Tinto Alcan has signed its long-term power contract for the Sebree aluminium smelter in Kentucky following an agreement on the terms and conditions of the Big Rivers "unwind" transaction. The new contract will secure power for Sebree's smelting operations through 2023.

July 14th, 2009 MONTREAL - Alcan Packaging, a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, and Procter & Gamble (P&G) were honoured with a top prize for their Prilosec OTC(R) Pack at the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, the industry's first sustainable packaging virtual event. "Alcan Packaging has a long-standing relationship with P&G, and this awards is the result of working in partnership to develop more sustainable products that help improve peoples' lives," said Michael Rubenstein, chief growth and innovation officer, Alcan Packaging.

June 1st, 2009 MONTREAL - Alcan Packaging, a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, has been recognised for outstanding achievements in printing and graphics by both the Packaging and Label Gravure Association Global (PLGA) and the Packaging Association of Canada (PAC). "Alcan Packaging's creative and dedicated technical experts continue to deliver valuable services to our customers, and to offer bright, original and attractive packaging," said Jean-Christophe Deslarzes, President and CEO, Alcan Packaging.

May 6th, 2009 MONTREAL - Rio Tinto Alcan has been granted a loan from the Government of Quebec totalling up to CDN$175 million to further the construction of its AP50 pilot plant in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. "This additional financial support from the Government of Quebec is greatly appreciated and essential to the AP50 project," said Jacynthe Côté, Chief executive, Rio Tinto Alcan.

April 28th, 2009 OMAN, UAE - The US$2.4 billion Sohar Aluminium smelter, a joint venture between Rio Tinto Alcan (20%), Oman Oil Company (40%) and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (40%) was inaugurated today. This new generation AP36 smelter, the first greenfield smelter in the Middle East in over thirty years, was completed on time, on budget and reached full production capacity in February this year.

April 28th, 2009 MONTREAL, Canada - Rio Tinto Alcan and Sohar Aluminium have now reached full production at their joint venture facility in the Sultanate of Oman. The newly inaugurated aluminium smelter has an initial production capacity of 360,000 tonnes per year and is positioned in the first quartile of the industry cost curve.

April 19th, 2009 PARIS - Campaign Part of Global Sustainability Program Aimed at Encouraging Innovative Efforts to Deploy More Energy-Efficient Networks Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris: ALU) (NYSE: ALU) is launching several initiatives during Earth Week (April 19 to 25) to spotlight its efforts toward reducing the company's carbon footprint and to establish an eco-attitude throughout its global operations. Among the activities being launched is an extensive eco-sustainability awareness campaign - "Let's Be Eco-Friendly" - that will encourage Alcatel-Lucent employees to avoid printing documents, separate trash for recycling, save water, turn down thermostats, use teleconferencing to avoid travel, reduce commuting by car whenever possible.

August 18th, 2009 Amcor offers $2 bln for Rio Tinto packaging armMELBOURNE, Australia — Packaging company Amcor has offered to buy Rio Tinto's remaining Alcan Packaging divisions for $2.025 billion, the mining giant said Tuesday. The offer encompasses global packaging operations that span pharmaceuticals, tobacco and food.

July 6th, 2009 Rio Tinto offloads Alcan division for $1.2 billionSYDNEY — Rio Tinto has sold a division of its Alcan unit for $1.2 billion as it continues to reduce debt, the Anglo-Australian miner said in a statement Monday. The deal to sell its Alcan Packaging Food Americas division to U.S.-based Bemis Company Inc.

July 6th, 2009 Bemis paying $1.2B for Alcan Packaging assetsNEW YORK — Bemis Co., whose clear plastic packages hold everything from batteries to burgers, said late Sunday it is paying $1.2 billion for the global packaging business of Rio Tinto PLC. Buying the assets, known collectively as Alcan Packaging Food Americas, gives Bemis 23 facilities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and New Zealand, that make flexible plastic containers for cheeses and steaks as well as clear, hard-to-penetrate packages for batteries and toys.

September 22nd, 2009 Rio Tinto sells building materials unit for $349MMELBOURNE, Australia — Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has advanced its debt reduction plans by selling building materials manufacturer Alcan Composites to Swiss machinery producer Schweiter Technologies for $349 million, the two companies said Tuesday. The sale of Alcan Composites, which is based in Sins, Switzerland, will be completed by the end of the year, the companies said in statements.

June 16th, 2009 Graphic Packaging nets $238.4M in debt saleMARIETTA, Ga. — Consumer products packaging maker Graphic Packaging International Inc.

May 5th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian winemaker Wolf Blass has claimed that selling wine in plastic bottles, instead of glass bottles, would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Wolf Blass on Tuesday launched its Green Label, offering a dry white and a cabernet shiraz in plastic PET bottles.

August 14th, 2009 Sector Snap: Packaging makers slipNEW YORK — Shares of packaging makers fell Friday along with the broader market, as a ratings agency put a noninvestment-grade rating on the debt Graphic Packaging Holding Co. and forecast weak demand for the sector.

September 24th, 2009 Gates Foundation to promote US global spendingWASHINGTON — The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is launching a campaign to highlight the U.S. government's efforts to improve global health.

April 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Not everybody prefers Coke or Pepsi, for there are people who love their local beverages far better than these global brands. And now, scientists have delved into the consumers' psyche to know the reason behind this tendency.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - To sensitise school students about environment sustainability and instil in them the habit of recycling, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) launched an awareness drive in 30 schools each in the capital and Bangalore Thursday. Sensitisation, Education and Awareness for Cleaner Habitat (SEARCH), as the programme is called, was launched in association with Tetra Pak private limited.