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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Russian aluminium producer Rusal said that the company believed Russia should be granted an exemption from the tariffs on imports of aluminium and steel imposed by the United States. Rusal supplies to the US markets with the low carbon aluminium. "Our subsidiary Rusal America in State of Delaware...
2017 was a year of significant change for the global aluminium market. The Chinese government initiated its aluminium supply-side reform policy, which we expect will limit long run primary capacity growth in China. The year also saw barriers to Chinese exports rise, particularly in the US. Limited...
UC RUSAL announced that new high strength wrought scandium aluminium alloys have entered the test phase that is held in cooperation with customers from the shipbuilding industry. The unique Al-Mg-Sc composition of the new alloys was developed by UC RUSAL and the Institute of Light Materials and...
President of Rusal and En+ Group Oleg Deripaska has stepped down from his post and Vladislav Soloviev, the previous CEO of Rusal has been appointed as the CEO of En+ and the President of RUSAL. Alexandra Bouriko, previously Chief Financial Officer of RUSAL will take up the position of the Chief...
Leading global aluminium producer UC RUSAL announced all-round growth in terms of performance (production and sales) as well as income for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2017. The Russian aluminium giant with fully-integrated aluminium value chain operations posted 24.9 per cent increase in...
Leading aluminium producer UC RUSAL has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with plants, machinery and services provider, SMS group, Germany. The agreement entails coming together of both the companies to develop innovative continuous casting equipment for aluminium wire rod production...
Research and production corporation United Wagon Company (UWC) will supply 114 hopper cars to the Republic of Guinea. UWC won an international tender organized by RUSAL, one of the world’s largest aluminium producers. Freight cars will be used to transport bauxites from Dian-Dian deposit in the...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce the creation of a new Downstream Division in the company's organizational structure. Andrey Donets has been appointed Head of the new division, whose main tasks will include developing value added production and bringing this...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce that it intends to complete the development of a feasibility study in 2018 for the construction of a scandium oxide production unit at one of its Russian operations. Such a development adds to the Company completing another...
Rusal said its aluminium production rose 1.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter in 4Q17 to 944 thousand tonnes, with Siberian smelters representing 94 per cent of total aluminium output. In 4Q17, aluminium sales increased by 3.3 per cent QoQ totalling 1 million tonnes. In 2017, the company produced 3,707...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces operating results for the fourth quarter of 2017 and for the 12 months ended 31 December 2017 with improved performance in all segments of the value chain. In Q4 2017, total alumina production increased by 1.3% QoQ, totalling 1,990 thousand...
UC RUSAL announces that it will invest around USD 250 million to implement Eco-Soderberg technology at the Company's smelters between 2018 and 2022, a press release from the company confirms. The transition involves a number of engineering activities, like the construction two-stage gas-cleaning...
Nigeria signed Renewed Share Purchase Agreement with UC Rusal for the takeover of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON). The agreement was signed by the two parties in Abuja on Friday, January 19. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, said that the Federal...
RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer is mastering a new product at its Achinsk Alumina Refinery – fine precipitated aluminium hydroxide (FPAH). Company's proprietary technology allows keeping the production cost of the FPAH below the world’s average price for this product. The total amount of...
Danieli, one of the leading suppliers of equipment and plants to the metal industry, has announced that it will supply a rolling mill specifically for conducting research to RUSAL. The company will install the new rolling mill at RUSAL’s Engineering and Technology Center in Krasnoyarsk, Russia....
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce the launch of pilot operation of eight new generation RA-550 pots at Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelter. The total amount of investment in the project amounted to USD 30 mln. The project to develop the technology and launch the RA-550...
RUSA announced today that it has entered into a five year agreement with ENERGOPROM Group (EPM) for the supply of 21,500 tonnes of cathode blocks per year. Cathode blocks are critical materials for production of primary aluminium. In the period from 2018 through 2022 ENERGOPROM will cover up to 70...
Rusal’s Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter in Russia has ordered a new billet and slab homogenizing furnace from Danieli Olivotto Ferrè. Danieli will facilitate engineering, supply and delivery of the equipment and supervision of the erection and commissioning. The new furnace would be designed for...
