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 opened a new multifunctional medical center for the treatment of infectious diseases in Guinea. The center, built within the Friguia bauxite-alumina complex, has an isolated infectious diseases department, a sanitary checkpoint for medical staff, an observatory, and an intensive care unit....
Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, has announced the beginning of a new foundry complex, having a production capacity of 120 thousand tonnes of alloys per year, at the Boguchansky aluminium smelter. The new foundry will produce high silicon aluminium alloy with increased strength, which is...
RUSAL, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, has signed a cooperation agreement with DKS, a leading international electrical company, for the supply of raw materials and the joint development of new products. The project covers the establishment of the production of high-tech...
Rusal, the largest aluminium producer outside China, is seeking alternative routes for sourcing raw materials to its Siberian Achinsk alumina refinery as damaged rail infrastructure has interrupted supplies. Such was the news that came after Rusal reported on Wednesday, June 10. A section of...
The leading global aluminium producer, Rusal has declared that it initiated testing operations for a pilot industrial electrolytic cell with inert anodes, which has an improved design and a record low carbon footprint. The new pilot model will replace the inert anode electrolytic cell already being...
According to a recent report, Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, will invest approximately $190 million in modernising the production of electrodes at its Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelter (SAZ) between 2020 and 2023. This modernization programme is expected to help Rusal reduce the smelter’s...
RUSAL one of the leading global aluminium producers declares the conclusion of the book-building process for the new placement of its 10-year ruble-denominated bonds with a three year put option on the Moscow Exchange, the nominal value of 10 billion rubles and a coupon rate of 6.5% per annum, a...
Aluminium producer Rusal is seeing a 70-80 per cent cut in demand from customers, after the market slowed down in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The news came after Roman Andryushin, Rusal’s head of sales and marketing, told Reuters that its customers are returning with 20-30 per cent of their...
RUSAL a leading global aluminium producer made public that it has started producing anodes for cathodic protection (CP) for the oil and gas, shipbuilding and other heavy industries to protect critical structures and metal objects from corrosion. The move forms part of RUSAL’s strategy to produce...
Fitch Ratings has demoted Russian-based aluminium company United company RUSAL Plc's (Rusal) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'B+' from 'BB-'. The agency has also downgraded Rusal Capital D.A.C.'s senior unsecured notes rating to 'B+' from 'BB-'. The Outlook on Long-Term IDR remains Stable....
Rusal’s Mykolaiv alumina refinery in Ukraine said on Tuesday, May 5, that it could settle the dispute with Ukrainian customs service regarding access to bauxite supplies and avoided temporary suspension of production . The refinery, located near Ukraine’s Black Sea coastline, primarily relies on...
Rusal’s alumina refinery in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv announced on Wednesday, April 28, that it might have to temporarily stop production as Ukrainian customs authorities blocked access to bauxite supplies. The refinery, located near Ukraine’s Black Sea coastline, primarily relies on overseas bauxite and...
Aluminium Corp of China Ltd, known as Chalco, reported aluminium sales of 860,000 tonnes in the first quarter of 2020. That was down 9.5% from 950,000 tonnes a year earlier on lower demand due to coronavirus outbreak, according to a datasheet for analysts reviewed by Reuters. The output of...
Rusal has launched the first-quarter production results of 2020, wherein it posted that its bauxite output decreased by 11.2 per cent from the previous quarter to stand at 3.58 million tonnes, attributing to to the suspension of operations of business in Guyana, as announced at the beginning of...
Oldendorff Carriers Guyana Inc (OCGI), headquartered in Germany, declared the closure of its transhipment service in Guyana, post-Rusal’s majority-owned Bauxite Company closed down its operation. As a result of this decision, more than 130 workers were sent home. On 21 st April’20, Oldendorff...
RUSAL is the world's second-largest aluminium company by primary production output and it is pursuing to modify its sales portfolio, including more products for the medical and pharmaceutical industry, at a time of unfeasible market conditions among its traditional end consumers. Rusal has produced...
According to a recent report, Achinsk Alumina Refinery in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, is currently using a batch of BelAZ-7555V haulers. The batch, consists of six 55-tonne haulers, was delivered to Achinsk Alumina Refinery, part of Rusal Achinsk, by Krasnoyarsk-BelAZService in March. As per the...
The Russian aluminium giant Rusal has approved a new long-term aluminium supply contract with Glencore worth up to $16.3 billion, as announced in a Hong-Kong regulatory statement on 03 rd April. The British born Swiss trader and metals producer Glencore Plc has long been one of the principal...
