Alcan
Alcan, short for Aluminum Company of Canada, was a Canadian multinational aluminum producer that operated globally across the aluminum value chain. Its activities included bauxite mining, alumina refining, primary aluminum smelting, and the manufacture of aluminum products and packaging. The company played a key role in the development of hydroelectric power-driven aluminum production in Canada and operated facilities in several countries before its later corporate integration.
Alcan was founded in 1902 as Aluminum Company of Canada to develop Canada's bauxite resources and hydroelectric
In 2007, Alcan was acquired by the Rio Tinto Group for about $38 billion, and the combined
Alcan's history is closely tied to Canada’s industrial development and to the global aluminum industry’s consolidation