Tajik Aluminium Company: Glencore, the world’s largest supplier of commodities and rare earth materials, is planning to help with the technological modernisation of the Tajik Aluminum Company (TALCO), it emerged after talks between Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and Glencore Chairman Andrew Kaplan in Dushanbe on Friday. Glencore and TALCO have been working together since 2007 and the Swiss-based company is now looking to expand its activities in Tajikistan. AKI Press