French state-owned aluminium and special metals group Pechiney &lt;PUKG.PA> is planning to sell 25 pct of a Canadian aluminium plant at Becancour to the U.S.s Reynolds Metals Co &lt;RLM.N> over the coming weeks the company said. Pechiney currently holds a majority 50.1 pct stake in the plant. The company also said it planned an agreement soon with Italys &lt;La Metalli Industriale> a 57 pct owned subsidiary of &lt;Societa Metallurgica Italiana> related to cupreous products. No further details were available.
PECHINEY TO SELL PART OF STAKE IN CANADA PLANT