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But the fact that the Anglo-Australian miner is weighing a bid at all suggests it has emerged from its post-Alcan funk.

As demonstrated by Rio's bid for Alcan, even traditionally conservative companies are prepared to pay up to secure high-quality assets.

Known by the men who built it as "The Road, " the Alcan Highway is still Alaska's main link to the "lower 48" states.

The message on Thursday was that the debt-financed era into which Rio plunged with Alcan was over.

The Alcan Packaging team was able to develop a combination of line and tone to replicate the limited edition labels.

Alcan Packaging might then have to be broken up and sold off in divisions to effect a final sale.

A few months after Rio bought Alcan, BHP approached Rio with an audacious takeover bid worth some $135 billion.

But the damage still being wrought by Rio's all-cash acquisition of Alcan two years ago should not be glossed over.

In 2007 it paid almost $40bn for Alcan, the aluminium company and expected high commodity prices to help it pay off the Alcan debt.

Alcan is a multinational, market-driven company and a global leader in aluminum and packaging.

He must address the group's $38bn debt burden, taken on as a result of Rio's acquisition of Canadian aluminium producer Alcan.

Over the Alcan Highway, the military could transport troops, food, and supplies to strategic points in Alaska.

Provide curtain wall companies and Alcan staff with instruction and training for Alcan rear-ventilated systems' on-site installation.

Develop knowledge base on Alcan Composites global architectural projects, systems and solutions.

Rio Tinto has about $40 billion of debt associated with its purchase of aluminum producer Alcan Inc. BHP Billiton has $6. 3 billion in debt.

Assist Technical Engineers to design Alcan rear- ventilated systems and prepare materials.

The commodities boom made Rio very profitable and inspired it to pay $38bn for aluminium maker Alcan.

Alcan group in 63 countries around the world with more than 300 manufacturing plant in the world engineering enterprise.

Update Alcan rear-ventilated system on-site installation records.

Before 2010, Rio must repay $18bn in debt relating to its 2007 purchase of Canadian aluminium producer Alcan.

It plans to invest in the remains of Pechiney, a former aluminium champion bought by Canada's Alcan some years ago.

As self-inflicted curses go, the miner's $38. 1bn Alcan acquisition two years ago is hard to beat.

After all, Anglo-Australian miners have a patchy record (hello Rio-Alcan) when it comes to buying Canadian companies.

In early 2009, Rio Tinto was frazzled and, mid-crisis, groaning under $40bn of Alcan acquisition debt and scrabbling for cash.

With each passing day, the decision to multiply Rio's debt almost 20-fold to buy Alcan in a negligible-synergy takeover looks more perverse.

In addition to military personnel, about 2, 000 civilians worked to construct the Alcan Highway.

Alcan is already well represented in China with more than 10 plants and offices.

It also had its eye on Alcan, a big French-Canadian aluminum operator, but was outbid last year by Rio Tinto.

Assemble Alcan open join cladding system samples as required;