Leading Russian aluminium producer RUSAL is considering mothballing four alumina and bauxite facilities as the company faces combined annual losses of around USD 800 million. The move hints at the growing pressure on the economics of domestic raw-material production. RUSAL is also estimating losses...
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,...
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The founder of Russian aluminium giant Rusal and oligarch Oleg Deripaska commented by saying that Russia will seek to foster trade and investment liaison with India, China and Southeast Asian nations. Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, a Russian billionaire and industrialist, was once Russia's richest...
As per our report from Guinea, the leader of the union, Yamoussa Bangoura on 6th June 2022, announced the strike at Rusal's subsidiary in Guinea, Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian-Dian (COBAD) has ended indeed. After a week of protest action, the mine employees returned to work on 2nd June. COBAD...
According to a report on Monday, June 6, Rusal, the Russian aluminium giant, prosecuted global miner Rio Tinto to regain its access to 20 per cent share in alumina produced at a jointly owned refinery Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL). Rusal, in the lawsuit, challenged Australia’s sanctions against...
The main attraction for this week’s global primary aluminium segment was RUSAL’s sustainability report. RUSAL, one of the world's largest aluminium manufacturers, released its 2021 annual sustainability report with special attention on ‘Human Focus.’ The report highlights RUSAL’s commitment towards...
RUSAL, one of the leading global aluminium producers, has published its annual sustainability report for 2021. The subject title of the report is "Human focus.” RUSAL has been identifying goals for further ESG business transformation over the last year after the announcement of a strategy to...
RUSAL, the Russian aluminium giant, under the "2022 RUSAL Scholarship" initiative, wishes to educationally aid highly qualified Guinean practitioners, cardiologists, surgeons, nursing specialists and laboratory assistants. The programme will guide 50 Guineans through higher medical education for...
The Jamaican Transport and Mines Minister, Audley Shaw stated that the Russian aluminium giant and one of the leading producers of aluminium in the world, Rusal has kept its commitment to payments to Jamaica as a part of a 2021 agreement to pay off production taxes it obliges to the government. The...
The primary aluminium industry had witnessed a plunge in LME aluminium price by US$127.5 per tonne to close at US$2,911.50 per tonne on Tuesday, May 3, which increased by 0.60 percent or US$17.50 per tonne to settle at US$2,929 per tonne on Wednesday, May 4. The official settlement price for...
The global aluminium value chain is still going through rough patches, which the industry thought dissimilar at the beginning of the year. The year 2022 started with a positive note that the worldwide manufacturing sector is rebounding from the dent of the Covid pandemic. Although the shortage of...
On 5 th May 2022, the Anglo-Australian mining and metal giant, Rio Tinto stated that any sanctions on the Russian aluminium producer Rusal in response to the Ukraine-Russia conflict will disrupt the aluminium market and precipitate an increase in the silver metal's price. Simon Thompson, the...
In a mutual decision, two senior executives at United Company Rusal International PJSC decided to acquire the U.S. facility of the Russian aluminium giant. Presently known as Rusal America, the unit will be renamed PerenniAL. Previous chief executive officer and president of Rusal America, Brian...
In the second quarter (Q2) of 2022, the global alumina market is envisaged to be in a state of uncertainty, as the after-effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a slew of interconnected variables threaten to shift supply and demand fundamentals. The embargo on alumina and bauxite shipments to...
The world leader in the production of low-carbon aluminium, Rusal has opposed arrangements that permit Rio Tinto to take sole control of the joint venture refinery, the Queensland Alumina Ltd (QAL). The global metal and mining giant’s shift functionally slits Rusal’s ingress to production and...
The Irish Government has declared that the parent companies of Aughinish Alumina are apparently not going to be hit by the next round of US sanctions in spite of the decision taken by Brussels to impose penalties on oligarch Oleg Deripaska. EU’s retributive measures against Mr. Deripaska, a...
Rio Tinto has taken full control of an alumina refinery in Queensland that it shares with United Co. Rusal International PJSC, thus denying the Russian aluminium giant access to a vital raw material source. “As a result of the Australian government’s sanction measures, Rio Tinto has taken on 100...
The Chairman of the Board of Directors, United Company RUSAL, Bernard Zonneveld stated that, "Rusal is a multinational company, our employees work across 5 continents in 20 countries, including Ukraine." "Being interested in putting an end to the conflict in this European country as quickly as...
Russian aluminium giant Rusal has transported its first bauxite shipment from its Guinean mines in over a month, according to an analysis revealed by Refinitiv shipping data on 6th April. A vessel had left Guinea's Kamsar port on 5th April after being loaded by a trans-shipping vessel that claimed...
On 1 st April 2022, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness during his visit to the United States stated at the National Press Club in Washington DC that the Russian aluminium giant, Rusal owned Windalco alumina assets in the Caribbean island of Jamaica ‘are safe’ from any type of sanctions....
