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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With the LME cash official aluminium price rising 11.4 per cent year-to-date and 16.7 per cent year-on-year to US$1,909 per tonne at the end of June 2017, Rusal’s profit more than doubled reaching US$283 million during the second quarter of the current financial year. The world’s second largest...
<p style="text-align: left;" align="center">UC RUSAL has announced the investment of USD 23.7 million to launch a new calciner at the Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter.</p> <p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
<p>RUSAL, the leading global aluminium producer has announced the commissioning of a complex of furnaces for the hardening of wire rods at the Kandalaksha Aluminium Smelter for pilot production. The total level of investment into the project was USD 5.6 mln.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img...
<p>A00 ingot prices got a boost in all major China markets on the back of aluminium capacity cut news buzzing in the market. It was also fuelled by Rusal’s estimate published yesterday that says winter cuts by Chinese government may result in an annualized production loss of 1.2 million...
<p>Rusal reported 2.1% sequential increase in alumina production in Q2 2017 at 1,928 thousand tonnes. Russian alumina refineries accounted for 36% of total output. All the refineries reported optimum production volumes according to the plans. Windalco, Auginish and Bogoslovsk faced minor drop in...
<p>UC RUSAL the leading global aluminium producer, announces operating results for the second quarter 2017. Aluminium production in Q2 2017 increased 1.2% QoQ to stand at 921 thousand tonnes. Notably, 94% of total aluminium output was contributed by Siberian smelters. Smelters utilization...
<p>Rusal, the leading global aluminium producer, and the Russian Aluminium Association, a union of producers, suppliers and consumers of aluminium, announce the completion of the pedestrian bridge using aluminium alloys in its construction. This is the second bridge of this kind in Russia.</p> <p...
<p>Russia’s UC Rusal has resumed construction at its long-stalled Taishet aluminium smelter project site in Siberia. The second largest aluminium producer of the world after China Hongqiao expects the global aluminium deficit to widen in the range of 1.7-1.8 million tonnes in 2018 from the...
<p>The global aluminium metals market which was valued at USD 1, 12,487.9 million in 2015 is projected to be valued at USD 1, 60,696.1 million by 2022. The market will grow at CAGR of 5.3 per cent from 2016 to 2022, according to the report on Global Aluminium Metals Market of Market Research...
<p>The eleventh edition of Metef just ended in Verona; a great interest among the exibitors and visitors was clearly visible, business linked to the aluminium and foundry worlds was brisk and the dominant theme recorded was that of a more international character. There was a 25% increase in the...
<p>Ukraine is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east, northeast, and south. Ukraine has a very large heavy-industry base and is one of the largest refiners of mineral and metallurgical products in Eastern Europe. Rusal has two refineries in Ukraine producing about...
<p>Russian news agency Interfax reported that the country’s energy ministry on Tuesday June 27 said that the Rusal smelters at Novokuznetsk, Khakass, Sayanogorsk, Bratsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk had lost power due to power outages at the Boguchansk HPP and Berezovskaya power plants.</p> <p...
<p>Oleg Mukhamedshin, deputy chief executive of Rusal has said to media that Rusal, the world’s second-largest aluminium producer, will stick to its target of converting all of its electricity sources to clean energy or hydropower by 2020. It is noteworthy that President Donald Trump early...
<p>Rusal operated Friguia alumina refinery in Guinea got its agreement over tax incentives approved from the country’s National Assembly, reported an article published on the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of...
<p>AlCircle helps you to keep track of news that happened in the world of aluminium. Last week, Qatar's Qatalum aluminium plant faced outbound logistical challenges following a diplomatic row with neighbours in the Middle-East and neighbours blocked shipments through their ports. A few major...
<p>Jamaican government’s recent decision to waive off bauxite levy for UC Rusal operated Windalco has raised many questions among the opposition. In a situation when profit making has become easier in the wake of declining oil prices this decision is being viewed as somewhat inappropriate on...
<p>Russian aluminium major Rusal said it plans to boost its aluminium production by 19% to 4.4 million tonnes by 2021, in order to cater to the rising global demand. The company expects the global demand to grow by 4 to 5 per cent annually till 2021 as the demand for "green" aluminium and advanced...
<p>Ireland is the 27th largest export economy in the world. The country witnessed an increase in alumina export over the last three years. RUSAL’s Aughinish refinery located in Ireland, is the largest alumina refinery in Europe. The refinery is one of the most technologically...
