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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Al Yousuf LLC   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALTAIR NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC [ALTI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD, P.O. BOX 25 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/15/2009 (Street) DUBAI, C0  4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock (1) 01/15/2009   A   10,000 A $ 0 10,000 D   Common Stock (2) 01/15/2009   G   10,000 D $ 0 20,105,038 D (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Al Yousuf LLC SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD P.O. BOX 25 DUBAI, C0	X	X
Al Yousuf Iqbal SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD P.O. BOX 25 DUBAI, C0	X	X

Signatures

/s/ Iqbal Al Yousuf, President of Al Yousuf LLC		01/20/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Iqbal Al Yousuf		01/20/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents a grant of restricted shares to Mr. Iqbal Al Yousuf pursuant to the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan of Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (the "Issuer") of which 5,000 have an effective vesting date of January 15, 2009 and the remaining 5,000 will vest on October 15, 2009. Mr. Iqbal Al Yousuf must be employed by, or serve as a director of, the Issuer until the shares have been vested or they will be forfeited.
(2)	Restricted shares received by Mr. Iqbal Al Yousuf were contributed to Al Yousuf LLC for no consideration.
(3)	The securities of the Issuer reported as beneficially owned herein are owned of record by Al Yousuf LLC, a United Arab Emirates limited liability company. Mr. Iqbal Al Yousuf, the President of Al Yousuf LLC, may be deemed to have voting and investment control over the securities held by Al Yousuf LLC. Mr. Iqbal Al Yousuf disclaims beneficial ownership of the Issuer securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such securities.

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