Rio Tinto has about $40 billion of debt associated with its purchase of aluminum producer Alcan Inc.
力拓因收购铝制造商加铝公司身负400亿美元的债务。
It also had its eye on Alcan, a big French-Canadian aluminum operator, but was outbid last year by Rio Tinto.
它也觊觎加拿大铝业集团——一个法加铝业公司，但是去年被力拓中标。
Rio's offer for Riversdale is its first attempt at a sizeable acquisition since a disastrous purchase of Alcan in 2007.
自从2007年收购加拿大铝业公司遭到惨重损失后，这是力拓首次尝试如此大的收购。
If prices fall further then we might accelerate that, "said Evans, chief executive of the Rio Tinto Alcan business."
“如果铝价继续下跌，我们可能会加快这一进程”，这个力拓的加拿大铝业首席执行官埃文斯说。
Amcor first indicated it was in talks with Rio Tinto about the acquisition of part of the Alcan business in February.
Amcor公司首先表示，它正与力拓的收购的一部分，加拿大铝业公司的业务在2月份。
Last year Norway's Norsk Hydro and Montreal-based Alcan said they planned to shut smelters in Germany and Switzerland.
去年，挪威海德鲁和加拿大铝业表示，他们计划关闭在德国和瑞士的冶炼厂。
Alcan is a handy asset-the vast amounts of energy required to smelt aluminium are supplied by reliable, cheap hydroelectricity.
用来熔解铝的巨大能源需求可由价廉物美且可靠的水力电气满足，这点来看，加拿大铝业公司的资产是相当易用的。
As demonstrated by Rio's bid for Alcan, even traditionally conservative companies are prepared to pay up to secure high-quality assets.
正如力拓对加拿大铝业的竞购报价所示，即便是向来保守的企业，也已愿意为收购高质量资产支付高价。
As the battle for control of ABN AMRO, a Dutch bank, took new twists, Alcoa, an American aluminium giant, launched a hostile bid for Alcan, a Canadian rival.
当荷兰银行控制权之争迎来新转折的时候，美国铝业巨头美铝亚洲为它的竞争对手加拿大铝业集团抛出了恶意收购的投标。
The technology was originally discovered by Alcan international-now Rio Tinto alcan-and Norsk Hydro of Norway, while developing wear-resistant aluminum products.
这项技术最开始由Al can(美国铝业)国际公司开发(现在是Rio Tinto铝业公司)和挪威Norsk -Hydro公司在研究耐磨铝制品开发出来。
Rio's bid for Alcan should trigger several other bids in the mining industry, as rival chief executives will be re-assessing their positions in the coming months.
力拓竞购加拿大铝业，将引发采矿业出现数宗其它收购交易。相互竞争的首席执行官们将在未来几个月对自己的地位进行反思。
This week Citigroup said the takeover of Alcan would only slightly improve Rio's earnings per share, based on the bank's long-term forecasts for the aluminium price.
花旗集团(Citigroup)最近表示，根据该集团对铝价的长期预测，收购加拿大铝业只能小幅提高力拓的每股收益。
Alcan, an aluminium company, is planning to use the heat from one of its smelters to increase the efficiency of its power-generation plant at Lynemouth in Northumberland in Britain.
铝业企业Alcan，正在计划利用一个精炼厂的热能，从而提高它的位于英国Northumberland的Lynemout h发电厂的效率。
“In early 2000, Cymat licensed the technology from Alcan and bought the patents outright from Norsk Hydro to really productionize it to where it is today, ” says Tim Hardman, Cymat’s president.
Cymat公司董事长TimHardman说：“ 2000年早期，Cymat公司从Alcan公司分离出来，买断了NorskHydro公司的专利后才能真正生产出现在这样产品。”
“In early 2000, Cymat licensed the technology from Alcan and bought the patents outright from Norsk Hydro to really productionize it to where it is today, ” says Tim Hardman, Cymat’s president.
Cymat公司董事长TimHardman说：“ 2000年早期，Cymat公司从Alcan公司分离出来，买断了NorskHydro公司的专利后才能真正生产出现在这样产品。”
应用推荐