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Rio to sell aluminum JV stake to Zhongjin
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-04-21 13:25 Rio Tinto plans to sell its 27 percent stake in a Chinese aluminum processing joint venture to its partner Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet, China's third-largest zinc producer said on Tuesday.
The transaction was "required by Alcan's global industry adjustment," Zhongjin said in a statement in the official China Securities Journal, adding that the value of the deal was $3 million. Late last year, the Anglo-Australian miner had agreed to sell its half in a Chinese aluminum smelting joint venture to its partner Qingtongxia Aluminum. Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet paid $29.8 million for 50.1 percent in Perilya Mining in Australia. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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