Trimet in talks to buy two French aluminium plants

摘要

Trimet Aluminium, Germany's largest producer of primary aluminium, is in talks with Rio Tinto Alcan to acquire two aluminium plants in France, namely the sites at Castel-sarrasin and Saint-Jean de Maurienne. The Saint-Jean de Maurienne plant in eastern France is an aluminium smelter of about 140,000 tpy. The smaller Castelsarrasin plant is located in the southwest of France. Both plants employ some 500 people.