Comalco and Metal Exchange Corporation Announce Partnership.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2000 Comalco Aluminium Limited of Australia and Metal Exchange Corporation are pleased to announce an agreement for the marketing of Comalco's products in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The agreement is a long-term relationship beginning in January 2001, for the marketing of Comalco's primary aluminium foundry alloys (T-bar and standard ingot ingot Mass of metal cast into a size and shape such as a bar, plate, or sheet convenient to store, transport, and work into a semifinished or finished product. The term also refers to a mold in which metal is so cast. ), billet, and high purity aluminium. Comalco has made a long-term commitment to developing a North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. customer base and looks forward to introducing consumers to its high quality product and service. As its sole representative in North America, Metal Exchange will establish a marketing and sales structure, along with a logistics and service infrastructure designed to meet the needs of Comalco's customers. In describing the venture, Mr Steve Hodgson, Comalco's General Manager, Sales and Marketing, commented, "We recognise through our US sales activities in recent years, the value customers place on product quality and customer service. After exploring a number of alternative models, we believe the arrangement with Metal Exchange Corporation best satisfies our customers' needs for the full range of products on offer." Mr Hodgson added, "Whilst the arrangement confirms Comalco's long term commitment to the North American market, customers in traditional Asian, Australasian and European markets can expect a continuation of the high levels of service to which they have become accustomed". Metal Exchange Corporation is a manufacturing and trading corporation headquartered in St Louis, Missouri, and specialises in the sale of primary and secondary aluminium products along with other non-ferrous metals. Comalco, a supplier of bauxite bauxite (bôk`sīt, bŏk`–), mixture of hydrated aluminum oxides usually containing oxides of iron and silicon in varying quantities. , alumina, and primary aluminium to world markets, has been in business since 1957 and is the world's seventh largest aluminium company. Its headquarters are in Brisbane, Australia and it operates smelters at Boyne Island (490,000 tonnes) in Queensland, Bell Bay (155,000 tonnes) in Tasmania and Tiwai Point (330,000 tonnes) in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Comalco is wholly owned by Rio Tinto (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. ). |
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