Aluminium

In January-July 2011 aluminium products manufacture in Russia trended to rise: aluminium alloys output grew by 40.1% yoy, bars and profiles: 24.7% up, rolled products: 39% up. On July 2011 aluminium alloys production rose by 3.8% compared to the corresponding period of 2010 , bars and profiles: 1.1% up, rolled products: 1.7% down. «Aluminium products output increase due demand grow in Russia and abroad,» Leonid Khazanov, the observer of Metal Supply and Sale Magazine, ...

Supervisory Board of Vnesheconombank (VEB) approved a credit to UC Rusal for building of Taishet Aluminium Plant. UC Rusal will receive 40 billion roubles (aprroximately $1.360 bullion) during 15 years. In 2006, Rusal began construction of a 750,000 tonnes-per-annum greenfield aluminium smelter in Taishet, a small town near Irkutsk. The Taishet Aluminium Smelter will encompass four reduction potrooms equipped with state-of-the-art RA-400 pots designed by  Rusal's Engineering ...

UC Rusal announced that the ñompany has issued a mandate to arrange an up to USD 4.75 billion syndicated finance facility. The facility proceeds will be primarily used to take out the outstanding debt under the International Override Agreement. The mandated banking group includes BNP Paribas (Suisse) SA, ING Bank N.V., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Natixis, Nordea Bank AB (publ), Royal Bank of Scotland, Sberbank of Russia, Societe ...

Alcoa and VSMPO-Avisma Corporation announced today they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the design and production of innovative light alloy die forgings and extrusions for the commercial transportation market, including solutions for light-weight rail car production. “Alcoa and VSMPO-Avisma are both world leaders in the development of advanced technologies, and by working together we can create exceptional products of superior quality,” ...

UC Rusal announced the launch of environmental modermisation at four of its plants. The total investment into these projects is expected to amount to RUR5.5 billion (approx. USD200 million). New environmental projects have started at three Urals plants – the Bogoslovsky Aluminium Smelter, the Urals Aluminium Smelter, the Urals Silicon Plant, and at the Achinsk Alumina Refinery (AAR) in Siberia. At AAR gas purification systems of sintering furnaces #5 and #6 will be ...

UC Rusal plans to set up aluminum wheel disks production at the Volkhov aluminum plant facilities. This project is developed jointly with Samsung. Rusal already carries out the project on foundry facilites modernization at the Volkhov aluminum plant which will in the future allow to produce high value added products instead of primary aluminium. Since the Volkhov aluminum plant is located in the developed automotive industry region, its production will be in demand with automobile ...

Now the program of Aluminium: Alloys, Profiles and Rolled Products, 3d International conference is completed. Its participants will be heads and professionals of aluminium smelters and companies manufacturing various types of aluminium products, metal and steel traders, industrial and construction companies, governmental and public institutions etc. One of key speakers will be Patrick de Schrynmakers, Secretary General of the European Aluminium Association. «The European ...

En+ Downstream (includes Krasnoyarsk Metallurgical Plant KraMZ, Dmitrov Can Tape Test Plant Dozakl and Mosmek - manufacturers of aluminium products for the aviation, spacecraft building, defense, construction and other industries) announces results for the year ended 31 December 2010. The aggregate output of En+ Downstream totaled 143.8 thd tons of aluminium products, a 21% increase compared to 2009. KraMZ's output rose by over 18% (from 111 thd to 129 thd tons); Dozakl increased its ...

UC Rusal announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Xinshan Aluminum Industry Demonstration Park, China’s largest organization responsible for the development of aluminium production in the country and supported by the Chinese Government. The MoU signed provides for cooperation in joint projects on bauxite mining and production of aluminium and alumina.  The signed MoU confirms the parties mutual interest in potential cooperation in the following ...

Russian aluminum producer United Co. Rusal sees good prospects for aluminum due to growing demand from Japanese reconstruction in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami. Rusal, which sends about 8% of its exports to Japan, expects demand for the metal to rise there in the medium- and long-term to meet construction and infrastructure needs, the company's spokeswoman said Thursday. She said Rusal is «in a unique position to support Japan...with short lead times and ...

According to Federal Customs Service of Russia, export of primary aluminium reached 164.8k tons in January 2011 (18.2% down year-on-year). In terms of money the total aluminium export reachedUSD 297 million as compared to USD 361.8 million in the corresponding period of 2010. Aluminium export to the countries outside the CIS reached 163.2k tons for the total amount of $293.8 million, while aluminium export to the CIS: 1.6k tons for the sum of $3.2 million only. Most probably, it means ...

Freight One hauled 94,100 metric tons of aluminum in the first two months of 2011 from the Krasnoyarsk and Sayanogorsk aluminum smelters to the ports of the Northwestern, Far Eastern and Azov-Black Sea regions, an increase of 0.9% over the same period of last year. The company attributes the positive trend to the use of routing technology in hauling the aluminum from the plants. The technology allows the company to send a single train of 64—65 Freight One cars to the consignee ...

En+ Group announces the transfer of the building systems manufacturer Mosmek (located in Vidnoe, Moscow region), formerly held by the construction holding Glavstroy, to En+ Downstream within a business restructuring project. Mosmek is one of the Russia's largest aluminium building systems manufacturer, whose capacity totals 13.5 thousand tons of pressed profiles per year. Mosmek has become the third asset of En+ Downstream, which held Krasnoyarsk Metallurgical Plant (KraMZ) and ...

UC Rusal announced approval of the Ruble bond issue by OJSC Rusal Bratsk (Issuer) and its key parameters by the Company's Board of Directors. OJSC Rusal Krasnoyarsk and OJSC Rusal Achinsk (Sureties) will provide sureties for up to RUR30 billion and RUR12 billion respectively, to secure the payment obligations under the Issue. Additionally, Rusal will provide a guarantee towards bondholders in the form of irrevocable offer to purchase bonds to secure payment obligations in cases of ...

Freight One increased haulage of aluminum by 22.5% in 2010 from the Krasnoyarsk and Sayanogorsk aluminum plants compared to last year. In 2010, Freight One shipped 735 thousand tons of aluminum from these plants to ports in the Northwestern, Far Eastern and Black and Azov sea regions. The increase in shipments was in large part thanks to Freight One’s use of fixed-route train shipments of aluminum from those plants. These fixed routes allow the shipment of 64-65 Freight One ...