10:04 AM EST - Rio Tinto Ltd. : said on Thursday it has won approval from the French government under the country's foreign investment regulations for its $38.1 billion proposal to buy Canada's Alcan Inc. Last month, Rio Tinto extended its all-cash offer of $101 per share by about one month to October 23 so that it could gain regulatory approvals. Rio Tinto Ltd.
shares RIO.AX are trading down 3.69 at $106.28.
