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Rusal Sets New Low For Carbon Dioxide Output In Primary Aluminium Production

Rusal Sets New Low For Carbon Dioxide Output In Primary Aluminium Production

Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal announced earlier this week that it is now producing primary aluminium with the lowest carbon footprint thus far in the entire global metals industry. On Tuesday, Rusal’s parent company En+ Group revealed that the firm is...

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Rusal Completes Emissions Upgrade At Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter

Rusal Completes Emissions Upgrade At Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter

Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal said yesterday that the Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter (KrAZ) has completed the transition to emissions-reducing EcoSoderberg technology. Per Rusal, the technology utilizes a design that traps exhaust fumes from the production process, which, along with the optimized anode paste composition, seals off a high degree of tarry materials along the […]

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Rusal Reports 20.8 Percent Rise In Aluminium Sales During Second Quarter

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 due to last year’s OFAC sanctions. In the first quarter Rusal produced 938 […]

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Final Month Of U.S. Sanctions Weigh Down Rusal’s Q1 Results

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 in the quarter, financial numbers struggled due to a drop in prices at the LME and the tail end of sanctions placed upon it by the United States government. In the first quarter Rusal smelted […]

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Rusal Bauxite Production Jumped 18.9 Percent In 2018

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 pegging to significant increases in both the fourth quarter and the full year of 2018. In last year’s final quarter, Rusal produced 943 thousand metric tons of primary aluminium, up by 3 thousand metric tons […]

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Rusal to Invest US$250 MM in Gas-Capture Technology at Four Aluminium Smelters

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. […]

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