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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UC Rusal, Sberbank, RusNano, RusHydro and Ingosstrakh have introduced an initiative to consolidate the efforts of Russian business to mitigate environmental impacts and help prevent climate change by creating the ‘Climate partnership of Russia’. The initiative signals another step forward to...
UC Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, announces that the supply of aluminium alloys for serial production of car engines components at Ford Sollers car building plant in Elabuga has commenced. Having successfully passed the qualification tests, Rusal aluminium alloys are now being...
Aluminium prices settled flat as prices recovered from lows despite of concerns over faltering Chinese demand and the dollar traded at its strongest in more than a decade. Russian aluminium giant Rusal plans to decide in mid-December which aluminium smelters to suspend as a part of its plans to...
In the new Sino-Russian energy cooperation agreement, the two sides reached a consensus of reducing the output of aluminum products. Due to the excessive supply, the aluminum price has ever dropped the lowest since 2009. Aluminum Corporation Of China Limited and the world's top aluminum producer...
China signaled it’s prepared to curb aluminium production to try to stem oversupply as part of an agreement with Russia. The Sino-Russian protocol on energy cooperation, signed November 16 by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, includes a section on...
Russian aluminium giant Rusal plans to decide in mid-December which aluminium smelters to suspend as a part of its plans to potentially cut up to 200,000 tonnes of production, Chief Executive Vladislav Soloviev told reporters on Tuesday. Rusal, the world's top aluminium producer, is looking to cut...
Global aluminium market trends in the first nine months of 2015 • Global aluminium demand grew by 5.6% in the first nine months (“9m”) 2015 year-on-year (“YoY”). Demand growth in North America, India, Middle East and the EU compensated for a contraction in demand from Japan, Russia and South...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, announces its results for the three and nine months ended 30 September 2015. Key highlights • In the third quarter of 2015 London Metal Exchange (“LME”) aluminium price continued its sharp decline and reached an average of USD1,589 per tonne, recorded...
According to the industry sources, negotiations are ongoing for purchase of Alpart alumina plant at Nain, St Elizabeth by leading Chinese metals company, Jiuquan Iron and Steel (Group) Company (JISCO) from Russian owners UC Rusal. The price of the 46-years old Alpart plant, established in 1969 is...
Global aluminium producer Rusal has completed preparation of a testing site for the RA-550 reduction cell. Prior to this, the Russia-based company completed engineering works and plans to commission the first cell in the third quarter of 2016. According to Rusal, the RA-550 cell development is...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, has conducted the initial tests of new equipment within the project for melting furnace installation in the casthouse at Sayanogorsk smelter (RUSAL Sayanogorsk). The project investment will total up to USD 10 million. The project, scheduled to be...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, has announced its operating results for the third quarter 2015. Alumina production for the quarter ended September 30 totaled 1,870 thousand tonnes (+2.8% QoQ). Alumina production for the first nine months of the current financial year stood at 5,496...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, develops acid technology for alumina production of non-bauxite raw materials. The technology will allow the production of alumina using domestic kaolin clay as a substitution to imported bauxites. The new technology will significantly boost RUSAL...
Shares in United Company Rusal, the world’s biggest aluminium producer last year, rose in Hong Kong on Tuesday, October 13, after approving its first-ever dividend payment, even as commodity producers grapple with a rout in prices. The company, controlled by Russian billionaire and president Oleg...
A technical and equipment infrastructure review of the alumina refinery, Rusal Alpart Jamaica, is being conducted as part of pre-preparatory work for the plant’s scheduled reopening in December 2016. Audit representatives from UC Rusal's Moscow office, and elsewhere in Europe and Australia are...
The largest alumina refinery in Europe, Rusal Aughinish, last year went back into the red to record pre-tax losses of $12.2m (€10.8m). The loss came despite revenues having increased by $22m from $607.8m to $629m. Based on the Snannon estuary, the principal activity of Limerick Alumina Refining Ltd...
United Company Rusal Plc, a leading aluminum producer, is setting up more joint venture with its Chinese partners in Russia to make high value-added, greener aluminum products. "Rusal has a clear advantage in aluminum technologies, and hydropower resources are abundant in Russia," Oleg...
The biggest aluminum producers are discussing the introduction of a “green” trademark for the lightweight metal that could be sold at a premium and encourage carbon footprint reductions among rivals, United Co. Rusal’s deputy chief executive officer said. “Since many of consumers, such as the car...
