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Deripaska Does $1Bln Metal Deal With China
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Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element said it had agreed a $1 billion cooperation deal with China's state-owned North Industries Corporation, or Norinco, that will include construction of a rolling mill in Russia for metal production.
The deal will also allow the world's largest aluminum producer RusAl, which is majority owned by Basic Element's subsidiary En+ Group, to expand its aluminum exports to China by selling to North United Aluminum, a joint venture between RusAl and Norinco, Basic Element said in a statement on Saturday.
RusAl will also consider an option to buy Norinco-made anode production equipment for its Taishet aluminum smelter that is under construction in eastern Siberia, the statement said.
The announcement coincides with a visit to Russia by Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is expected to succeed Wen Jiabao as premier early next year.
"Basic Element and Norinco plan to boost the value of their … cooperation to more than $1 billion," the statement said. The rolling mill will be built on the premises of En+ Group's metal plant in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, it said.
"This agreement represents another step forward in the development of our economic relations with China, one of the most strategically important markets for Russia," Deripaska was quoted as saying in the statement.
RusAl is the world's largest aluminum maker, producing about 4 million tons of aluminum and 8 million tons of alumina last year.
The deal will also allow the world's largest aluminum producer RusAl, which is majority owned by Basic Element's subsidiary En+ Group, to expand its aluminum exports to China by selling to North United Aluminum, a joint venture between RusAl and Norinco, Basic Element said in a statement on Saturday.
RusAl will also consider an option to buy Norinco-made anode production equipment for its Taishet aluminum smelter that is under construction in eastern Siberia, the statement said.
The announcement coincides with a visit to Russia by Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, who is expected to succeed Wen Jiabao as premier early next year.
"Basic Element and Norinco plan to boost the value of their … cooperation to more than $1 billion," the statement said. The rolling mill will be built on the premises of En+ Group's metal plant in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, it said.
"This agreement represents another step forward in the development of our economic relations with China, one of the most strategically important markets for Russia," Deripaska was quoted as saying in the statement.
RusAl is the world's largest aluminum maker, producing about 4 million tons of aluminum and 8 million tons of alumina last year.
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