Rio Tinto Alcan

Rio Tinto
Aluminium division
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace, mass transportation, building, construction, packaging, aluminium, alumina.
Founded1902 as a subsidiary of Alcoa
HeadquartersDeloitte Tower, Montreal, Quebec
Key people
Ivan Vella, President and CEO
ProductsAluminas, aluminium sheet, extrusion billet, rod and remelt ingot, alloys, cable, packaging
RevenueIncrease US$23.60 billion (2006)
Increase US$2.786 billion (2006)
Number of employees
68,000 (including joint-ventures)
ParentRio Tinto
Websiteriotinto.com

Rio Tinto Alcan is a Canada-based mining company. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, it is a subsidiary of global mining conglomerate Rio Tinto. It was created on 15 November 2007 as the result of the merger between Rio Tinto's Canadian subsidiary and Canadian company Alcan.

The company is the global leader of aluminium mining and production, above its one time parent Alcoa (from which it split in 1928), Rusal, and some Chinese public companies.