Press-releases

<p align="justify">Moscow, 11 April 2013 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), a leading, global aluminium producer, announces the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Israeli company Omen High Pressure Die Casting (“Omen”), which specializes in the production of automotive components from non-ferrous metals. Together the companies intend to create a joint venture (“JV”) in Russia to produce automotive components made of aluminium, to be supplied to carmakers in Russia and the CIS. </p>

<p align="justify">8 April 2013 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), a leading global aluminium producer, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) invite Prof John Ellis, Clerk Maxwell Professor of Theoretical Physics at King’s College London and Physicist at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to speak at the UC RUSAL President’s Forum on 12 April 2013. </p>

<p align="justify">Moscow, 3 April 2013 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), the world’s largest aluminium producer, and the oil company Rosneft announce the signing of an agreement of intent to cooperate in the supply of petroleum coke and other products to RUSAL’s production facilities, as well as to develop Rosneft’s capacities for the production of petroleum coke with the participation of RUSAL.</p>

<p align="justify">Moscow, 28 March 2013 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces the next step in Aughinish alumina refinery’s modernisation programme, which will include the shift of steam production from heavy oil to gas as its main energy source. The change of oil-fired boilers to gas-powered steam generators will reduce carbon emissions by 5%, particulate pollutants by 33%, nitrogen oxide by 38% and eliminate all sulfur oxide emissions. RUSAL is to invest approximately EUR 15 million in the project which is to pay off in less than a year.</p>

<p align="justify">Moscow, 25 March 2013 – United Company RUSAL and Aluminium Corporation of China (Chalco) announce signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) detailing the intent to cooperate in areas such as R&D of new technologies in the aluminium industry, development of bauxite resources and investments in integrated hydro powered aluminium production. The MOU was signed by the two major aluminium players on 22 March in Moscow, in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin during President Xi’s state visit to Russia.</p>

<p align="justify">Moscow, 15 March 2013 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces the decision of ALSCON Board of Directors to temporarily suspend the smelting operations at the plant.</p>

Moscow, 4 March 2013 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486; Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL; Moscow Exchange: RUALR/RUALRS), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces that its Board of Directors has approved the decision to reduce the primary aluminium production at the Company’s smelters by 300,000 tonnes by the end of 2013.
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