Rusal Moves Forward With Spin-Off Of High-Carbon Aluminium And Alumina Assets
Russian aluminium behemoth UC Rusal announced this week that it has received approval to demerge its assets into a higher-carbon...
Achinsk Alumina Refinery
Rusal Begins Production Of Aluminium Hydrate Catalysts At Achinsk Refinery
Russian aluminium titan UC Rusal said this week that it has developed and launched the production of raw materials for aluminium hydrate catalysts at its Achinsk Alumina Refinery (RUSAL Achinsk). The firm has also begun production of VOGA fire retardants at that...
Rusal Reports Progress In Difficult 2020 In Sustainability Report
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal released its Sustainability Report for the year 2020 last week. The firm noted that, despite...
Rusal To Form Two New Aluminium Companies
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal said yesterday it plans to split into two units and separate its high-carbon assets...
Events
Rusal Obtains Permit To Open Goryachegorsk Nepheline Mine
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal announced yesterday its acquisition of state approval to develop the Goryachegorsk nepheline ore mine in south-central Siberia, which the company says will provide raw materials for its alumina refinery in Achinsk. Rusal says the mine’s 414.4 million metric tons of reserves will provide nepheline for the next 60 years […]
Rusal To Build Pilot Plant For Production Of Fine Precipitated Aluminium Hydroxide
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal announced yesterday that it has readied construction on a ₽500 million (US$7.84 million) pilot plant at Achinsk Alumina Refinery (AGK) dedicated to the production of fine precipitated aluminium hydroxide (FPAH). Rusal says the pilot plant, which will possess a nameplate production capacity of 5 thousand metric tons per annum, […]
Rusal Announces Plans for Large-Scale, Affordable Production of Aluminium Fire Retardant
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal revealed plans late last week for a ₽250 million (US$4.4 million) pilot project at its Achinsk Alumina Refinery to produce fine precipitated aluminium hydroxide (FPAH) more affordably than ever before. Rusal is planning to build upon testing done last year, when a laboratory-scale plant at the refinery successfully produced […]
Increased Alumina and Bauxite Production Strengthens Rusal’s Q2 Results
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal released operating results for the second quarter earlier today. The firm posted steady gains over the previous quarter across the board in both production and sales. Aluminium production in the quarter totaled 921 thousand metric tons, a 1.2-percent increase quarter-on-quarter, with a utilization rate that remained steady at 95 […]
Rusal’s Q1 Production Numbers Follow Previous Quarter’s Lead
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal released operating results for the first quarter of 2017 earlier today. Aluminium and bauxite production numbers were down slightly in the quarter, while bauxite production showed a marginal increase. Rusal’s smelters ran at a 95% utilization rate and turned out 910 thousand metric tons of primary aluminium in the […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
