01:45 PM EST - Alcan Inc. : is warning of a 20 to 25 percent boost in the US$1.5 billion cost of expanding and upgrading the Gove alumina refinery in northern Australia, citing "tight" construction market conditions. The startup is still expected in the first quarter of 2007, consistent with the original 27-month schedule, Montreal-based Alcan said Friday. Alcan Inc.
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