(Bloomberg)
Updated: 2007-06-12 08:43

Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. (Chalco) agreed to buy Peru Copper Inc. for about C$840 million ($790.4 million).

The per-share offer is C$6.60, Vancouver-based Peru Copper said today in a statement distributed by Canada NewsWire. Beijing- based Aluminum Corp., or Chalco, is the biggest aluminum producer in China.