Alcoa says it wants to build a smelter in Malaysia http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN1138970420071011?sp=true
Thu Oct 11, 2007
By Steve James
NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Alcoa Inc (AA.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which is selling its consumer and products businesses to focus on making aluminum, is looking to build a smelter in Malaysia to harness growing Asian demand for the metal, a senior executive said.
Jon Erik Reinhardsen, president of Alcoa Global Primary Growth, said the company is talking with officials about a possible joint venture for a smelter to produce up to one million tonnes of aluminum per year. http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN1138970420071011?sp=true