Alumina exports from RUSAL’s Friguia refinery in Guinea have been halted after a train carrying the material derailed over the weekend, disrupting rail access to the plant and forcing production to slow, three sources told Reuters. The train, operated by Russian aluminium producer RUSAL RUAL.MM,...
Europe’s aluminium industry produced more metal in the first half of 2026, but the numbers hide a more complicated story. Primary aluminium output rose 4.9 per cent year on year to 3.648 million tonnes, while metallurgical-grade alumina production fell 1.8 per cent to 2.846 million tonnes. At first...
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Ireland has pledged to ensure that alumina produced at the Russian-owned Aughinish Alumina refinery is not used to support Russia's military, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the European Union to sanction the facility during his visit to Dublin. Speaking at a joint press...
Aughinish Alumina will be required to provide almost EUR 31 million (USD 35.41 million) in financial security to cover the future closure of its alumina refinery in County Limerick and the environmental restoration of the site under a new agreement approved by Ireland's Environmental Protection...
RUSAL’s Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter (IrkAZ) has become the first aluminium plant in the industry to fully transition to modern Russian gas cleaning systems. Investments in the project amounted to approximately USD 40 million. RUSAL developed the gas cleaning units. The company's proprietary solution...
“Green Aluminium” is relatively a modern term referred to the metal produced with significantly lower carbon footprint. This is mainly achieved through recycling or using recycled metal as input, deploying breakthrough technologies such as inert anodes and carbon capture and storage, or through the...
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Education, IT and Electronics, Nara Lokesh, met senior officials of RUSAL on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2026. The main objective was to discuss RUSAL’s potential investment in Andhra Pradesh and opportunities to expand...
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