
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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RUSAL has won the InnoESG Prize 2020 for improving the world through its sustainability initiatives. The company has received the award for the second time in a row. Oleg Mukhamedshin, RUSAL’s Director for Strategy, Business Development and Financial Market, said: “This award highlights the...

RUSAL, a leader of the global aluminium industry concludes the installation of a modern automated system for cleaning crude aluminium in crucibles at the Khakas Aluminium Smelter (KhAZ) in Sayanogorsk. The global aluminium giant has injected $2.7 million in the project. The introduction of the...

Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russian Union of Producers, Suppliers and Consumers of Aluminium (RUSAL) for the co-operation in the development of aluminium production, consumption and technology...

Rusal released its operating results for the third quarter of 2020 on October 27, 2020, revealing that its bauxite production decreased by 1.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter to amount to 3.829 million tonnes. In Q2, the company’s bauxite output was 3.89 million tonnes, increasing by 8.8 per cent...

Rusal announced that its aluminium production in the third quarter of 2020 totalled 939,000 tonnes, increasing by 1.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter from 927,000 tonnes in Q2. Siberian smelters represented 93% of the output. Rusal’s aluminium production increased in the third quarter after a drop in...

On 22 nd October’20, Brian Hesse, President and CEO, Rusal America Corporation, said: “Rusal America Corp has secured ‘green’ aluminium supply contracts with two separate Mexican downstream manufacturers, with one being the ‘greenest’ slab contract ever signed in North America.” “Mexican...

As part of its environmental modernization program by 2024, RUSAL, the leader of global aluminium industry plans to entirely switch the reduction area of the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter (KrAZ) to a new type of raw material, an eco-friendly pitch. In contrast to the traditional raw material, the...

United Company Rusal Plc (Rusal)’s new plant, to be commissioned in 2022 on 400 km east of Krasnoyarsk in Taishet in Russia, will reportedly have SCHADE technology. The Russian aluminium producer had first placed its order with SCHADE Lagertechnik GmbH at the end of 2019, for a wagon tippler and...

Rusal, the world’s second largest aluminium company by primary production, has decided to step down from the aluminium trading joint venture in southern China, partly due to concerns over lower sales volume, said three sources with knowledge of the matter. Two of the sources also said that the...

The Russian aluminium company Rusal has reportedly expressed an interest in reopening its Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc., the operations of which was suspended in February 2021, resulting in hundreds of layoffs, citing industrial unrest and damage to property. On Monday, the company’s Country...

Rusal Aughinish Alumina is the largest alumina refinery in Europe and the largest of the alumina facilities operated by UC RUSAL has declared the rise of pre-tax profits by over 30% to $54.60 million for 2019. The company has been done well following the revoke of US sanctions against its Russian...

Joseph Hamilton, Guyana’s Minister for Labour on 17 th August’20 has prepared to lead a government delegation into talks with RUSAL. The Minister pledged RUSAL and other companies that they must allow workers from being represented by trade unions. Hamilton said: “Workers will not be denied their...

RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announced its results for the six months ended 30 June 2020. The company’s revenue decreased by USD721 million, or 15.2% to USD4,015 million in H1 2020 from USD4,736 million in H1 2019 due to lower LME aluminium price. Revenue from sales of primary...

A rapid-paced energy transition through an uninterrupted shift to electric vehicles has designed a new, significant demand stream for aluminium and vital opportunities for auto supply chain organisations. Steel being cheaper has been the initial choice; however, aluminium consumption in electric...

Rusal in its Q2 2020 operating results, released on Monday July 27, revealed that the company’s bauxite production increased by 8.8 per cent quarter-on-quarter to stand at 3.89 million tonnes, primarily buoyed by the hike in output at Timan due to low comparison base of Q1 20, affected by seasonal...

The leading global aluminium producer, Rusal, has released its operating results for the second quarter of 2020. The company reported that its aluminium production in Q2 2020 dropped by 1.4 per cent from the earlier quarter to 927,000 tonnes, Siberian smelters representing 93 per cent of the...

Rusal has announced today, on July 24, that it has completed the project of converting its Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter to the EcoSoderberg technology. The recently completed retrofitting project, which required an expenditure of US$ 74 million, involved modifying a total of 1954 reduction cells...

RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, has released its annual Sustainability Report, outlining the Company's sustainable development strategy. The report also includes information on measures taken to reduce its carbon footprint and emissions, social policy, efforts to develop the regions...