Industrial Minerals


HIG creates ALTEO from Rio Tinto speciality aluminas

01 August 2012

by Laura Syrett

Non-met aluminas business targets global expansion as independent company

Keywords: aluminas, Rio Tinto Alcan, HIG, ceramics, refractories, abrasives

HIG Capital, the private equity investor that recently acquired the speciality aluminas business from global aluminium giant RTA today announced that the newly created company would be named ALTEO.

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