Final Month Of U.S. Sanctions Weigh Down Rusal’s Q1 Results
Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal reported first-quarter financial and production results yesterday. Though production and sales remained relatively steady...
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Rusal’s Port At Taressa, Guinea Granted IMO Identification Number
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal obtained last week a unique International Maritime Organization (IMO) identification number for its Guinean mining port Taressa. The assignment followed a successful registration of the port with the IMO’s Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS). The...
Rusal Restarts Operations At Guinea’s Friguia Alumina Refinery
Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the reopening of operations at Guinea’s Friguia Alumina Refinery. Per the company,...
Rusal Plans First Bauxite Production at Guinea’s Dian Dian Mine By Month’s End
Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal will commence bauxite mining in the West African state of Guinea by month’s end,...
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Rusal’s Restart of Operations at Guinea’s Dian-Dian Bauxite Mine Imminent
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth UC Rusal told domestic media yesterday that plans are in the works to commission the 3-million-metric-ton-per-annum Dian-Dian bauxite mine in the African country of Guinea by next spring. Yakov Itskov, Rusal’s alumina business director, told Russian News Agency TASS that work at the bauxite mine was well underway at present. “We […]
Metal Bulletin’s 23rd Bauxite and Alumina Conference
Metal Bulletin held its 23rd Bauxite and Alumina Conference in Miami last week. The gathering brought together major industry participants in a collegial environment to discuss tactics and strategies related to production and consumption of bauxite and alumina. Representatives from over 160 public and private organizations on six continents attended the three-day meeting. More than […]
Rusal and Guinea Agree to Terms on Bauxite Mine, Alumina Complex
Russia’s UC Rusal and the government of West Africa’s Republic of Guinea have come to an agreement regarding the resumption of operations at the Friguia bauxite and alumina complex. The two parties also signed an annex to the Dian-Dian concession agreement regarding development of a bauxite mine of the same name. The firm and 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 ...
