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 Reports 20.8 Percent Rise In Aluminium Sales During Second Quarter
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal released operating results for the second quarter of 2019 on Friday. Production of aluminium and alumina remained essentially level, with sales in the quarter increasing to catch up on a backlog of product trapped in inventory...
Rusal Bauxite Production Jumped 18.9 Percent In 2018
Despite being hampered by sanctions most of both periods, Russian aluminium giant U.C. Rusal showed production results ranging from level...
Rusal Closes Out 2017 With Strong Q4 Thanks to Value-Added Products and Third-Party Sales
Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal released results for the final quarter of 2017 yesterday, showing solid improvements across the...
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Rusal to Invest US$250 MM in Gas-Capture Technology at Four Aluminium Smelters
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal is planning to invest US$250 million in a five-year project to implement cutting-edge automation technology across several of its aluminium smelters. The proprietary technology, dubbed EcoSoderberg, was developed in Rusal’s Engineering and Technology Centre based in Krasnoyarsk and significantly improves efficiency by removing certain gases from the reduction cells. […]
Rusal On Track to Supply Aluminium for Moscow’s Tram Referb Project
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth U.C. Rusal revealed yesterday that it has been awarded a contract to supply aluminium for a project to upgrade 300 of Moscow’s trams. According to the firm, the project will require around 510 metric tons of aluminium. This contract, which is the largest ever contract to purchase trams for a single […]
Rusal’s Aluminium and Alumina Production Up in Q3, But Bauxite Production Off
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth UC Rusal released operating results for the third quarter of 2017 yesterday, reporting modest gains in primary aluminium and alumina while showing a respectable drop in bauxite ore production. Rusal produced 931 thousand metric tons of primary aluminium in the third quarter, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 1.1 percent from the second-quarter […]
Rusal Opens 72 ktpa Petroleum Coke Calciner in South Central Siberia
Russian Federation aluminium major U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the commissioning of a new calciner at its smelter in south-central Siberia. Rusal installed the US$23.7 million calciner at the Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter (IrkAZ) after a decision two years ago to upgrade it in order to supply calcined coke to the Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelter 500 miles to […]
Rusal Opens US$1.14 MM Sodium Sulfate Plant in Central Siberia
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal announced yesterday the opening of a new US$1.14-million two-stage sodium sulfate gas treatment plant attached to the Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter (KRAZ). The technology utilized at the plant is groundbreaking as the plant puts off no liquid nor solid waste thanks to an efficient two-stage gas scrubbing process. The use […]
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
