RUSAL seeks Kremlin aid four bauxite and alumina plants face mothballing risk
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...
RUSAL train derailment in Guinea halts Friguia alumina exports
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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DJ Rusal To Appeal Ruling On Ukraine Smelter Nationalization
Aluminum giant United Co. Rusal (0486.HK), controlled by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, said Wednesday it will appeal the decision of a Ukrainian court to nationalize its local smelter. "The smelter is controlled as before by Rusal and there are no talks about nationalization," Rusal said in...
Rusal profits jump 41% on aluminium price
Russia's Rusal aluminium giant on Thursday reported a 41 per cent rise in core quarterly profits and predicted a further rise in global prices that should help it overcome growing local tax burdens. The world's top aluminium producer reported a 40.6 per cent jump in its first quarterly EBITDA -- a...
Ukraine Jan-March Alumina Exports +5.4% On Year At 375,290 Tons
Ukraine exported 375,290 metric tons of alumina in January-March, 5.4% more than in the corresponding period in 2010, the government reported Thursday. The exported alumina was worth $116.79 million. Alumina exports in March totaled 126,940 tons, 11.1% more than in February this year and 3.5% more...
UC Rusal to invest USD 155 million in environmental Soderberg on IrkAZ
...Rusal plans to spend USD 155 million for a project to transfer production of the Irkutsk Aluminum Plant on technology Ecological Soderberg. According to the report, provides for the introduction of colloidal anode, construction of dry gas cleaning, improved design of electrolyzers, automated...
Windalco's July 1 opening still on track
...UC RUSAL, the Russian firm that controls a big chunk of Jamaica's bauxite production, is insisting that the planned July 1 reopening of the Windalco Kirkvine bauxite plant in Williamsfield, Manchester, remains on schedule...
Rusal pledges green future for aluminium
...But rising energy prices is only one of the challenges. An average aluminium smelter produces about 700,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year – with the industry responsible for 1pc of all environmentally damaging emissions...
Aluminum giant seeks to double alloy income
...UC Rusal (0486), the world's largest aluminum producer, seeks to double income from aluminum alloy products to up to 70 percent of revenue in three to five years. Customers are ready to pay more for alloy, which commands a higher profit margin than primary aluminum, Rusal chief financial officer...
UC RUSAL to halt ZALK in Ukraine on high energy costs
...Reportedly, United Company RUSAL has announced to shut down Zaporozhye Alumina Complex in Ukraine by this May due to high energy costs...
Norilsk share buyback raises suspicions
...NORILSK Nickel, the largest Russian mining company, has begun buying back $1,2bn of its shares, drawing accusations from shareholder United Company Rusal that managers are trying to seize control of the company...
UC RUSAL becomes world most efficient aluminum enterprise
...Reportedly, United Company RUSAL has become the world's most efficient aluminum company with the sales margin at 24% mainly from Norilsk Nickel which UC RUSAL owns the shares...
Rusal tripled its annual profits in 2010
...The world's top aluminium producer, the Russian group Rusal, announced Thursday that its net profits more than tripled in 2010 to $2.87 billion, due to growing demand for the metal, particularly in China...
Rusal and aluminium
...Everything comes to those who wait. Aluminium has lagged behind other commodities in the latest upswing. That has meant a painful wait for some, such as Rio Tinto, which forked out $38bn for aluminium producer Alcan at the peak of the commodities boom in 2007 only to be crippled by its debt...
UC Rusal triples profit in 2010 on higher prices, premiums CORRECT <b>...</b>
... ???Rusal expects strong global demand for aluminium to continue in 2011,??? Rusal said, forecasting an 8% increase in global consumption this ...
Russia's RusAl aluminum giant says may set up JV for Asia-Pacific projects
...Russia's RusAl, the world's largest aluminum producer, and China's Xinshan Aluminum Industry Demonstration Park may set up a joint venture to produce bauxites, aluminum and alumina in Asia and the Pacific, RusAl said on Monday...
Russia's RusAl aluminum giant says may set up JV for Asia-Pacific projects
...Russia's RusAl, the world's largest aluminum producer, and China's Xinshan Aluminum Industry Demonstration Park may set up a joint venture to produce bauxites, aluminum and alumina in Asia and the Pacific, RusAl said on Monday...
Russia's RusAl aluminum giant says may set up JV for Asia-Pacific projects
...Russia's RusAl, the world's largest aluminum producer, and China's Xinshan Aluminum Industry Demonstration Park may set up a joint venture to produce bauxites, aluminum and alumina in Asia and the Pacific, RusAl said on Monday...
Production unaffected at RUSAL Friguia alumina in Guinea
.....Reuters reported that a group of contracted workers downed tools at RUSAL's 640,000 tonne per year Friguia alumina refinery in Guinea but the production was unaffected.
MENA unrest - UC RUSAL Friguia alumina refinery in Libya meets strike
...Reportedly, United Company Russian Aluminum’s Friguia alumina refinery in Libya with the annual output of 640,000 tonnes has met the strike hold by a group of contract workers on Tuesday...
