Rusal Sues Rio Tinto For Return Of 20 Percent Share Of Queensland Alumina
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal is suing Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group to receive back its 20-percent share...
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Strikers At Rusal’s COBAD Bauxite Mine In Guinea Win Concessions On Pay And Working Conditions
A strike at Russian aluminium firm UC Rusal’s Guinea operation Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian-Dian (COBAD) concluded last week after a week and labor’s concessions on salary and working conditions. The COBAD strike, which commenced on 26 May, sought a bump in...
Russia’s Rusal Reveals Radical Refuse Recycling Regime
Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal this week announced a new strategy for the management of its industrial waste that...
Workers At Rusal Mine In Guinea Declare Strike
Russian aluminium giant Rusal said earlier this week that a strike at its Compagnie des Bauxites de Dian Dian (COBAD)...
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Rusal Debuts New 5xxx Aluminium Alloy
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal announced this week the development of a new 5xxx aluminium alloy intended for anodizing applications. The 5005A aluminium alloy has begun mass production at Bratsk Aluminium Smelter (BrAZ), and Rusal’s Technical Directorate has already conducted a general assessment of the alloy. Rusal’s new aluminum alloy has the advantage of readily […]
Rusal Reports 8.1 Percent Jump In Aluminium Sales In Fourth Quarter
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal released results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021 this week. Numbers were generally better across the board as the company, along with the rest of the market, continues to claw back from the effects of the global coronavirus. Rusal’s aluminium production rose in the quarter by one percent […]
Rusal Pays ₽61.5 MM In Indebtedness Ahead Of Schedule In December
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal announced this week that it has paid off ₽61.5 billion (US$837 million) in loans to Sberbank ahead of the scheduled repayment date in the month of December. Rusal agreed to the loan in 2010, which is backed by PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel. The loan was extended last year and features […]
Rusal Opens New Low-Carbon Aluminium Smelter In Siberia
Russian aluminium titan UC Rusal announced this week the opening of the first phase of its new low-carbon aluminium smelter Taishet Aluminium Smelter (TaAZ) in Siberia. In a press release Rusal touted the new TaAZ smelter as among the greenest aluminium smelters on Earth. The plant runs on hydroelectricity produced in Siberia, utilizes a gas […]
Rusal Invests ₽870 MM To Modernize SKAD Aluminium Alloy Wheel Plant
Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal announced this week a plan to invest ₽870 million (US$12 million) to improve its SKAD aluminium alloy wheel production plant. Per the firm, the plant has already seen an overhaul and modernization of production at the plant, including improvements to the workshops and main process equipment, new equipment for in-line […]
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 ...
