Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) Sells Alcan Composites to Schweiter Technologies (SWF:SWTQ)

  Melbourne, Australia, Sep 22, 2009 - (ABN Newswire) - Rio Tinto Ltd. (ASX:RIO) said Tuesday it has entered into an agreement to sell Alcan Composites, part of the Alcan Engineered Products division, to Switzerland's Schweiter Technologies AG (SWF:SWTQ) for a total consideration of US & #36;349 million.Rio has been seeking to offload the Alcan engineering assets since its 2007 takeover of the aluminum group.  

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