Press-releases

Ikot Abasi, Nigeria, 14 July 2011 – RUSAL-ALSCON, the Nigerian subsidiary of United Company RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium producer, is pleased to announce the completion of seven water projects, to complement the existing three projects that provide potable water for over 10,000 people in Ikot Abasi LGA where the plant is located. The year-long initiative which is implemented within the framework of the company’s comprehensive social investment programme in the health sector in Ikot Abasi is expected to significantly reduce water-borne diseases prevalent in many local communities in Nigeria and thus improve the social and economic well being of the communities.

Moscow, 30 June 2011 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world's largest aluminium producer, announces making further debt repayments in the total amount of USD119 million to its international and Russian lenders, including Onexim group, under the International Override Agreement (IOA).

Moscow, 30 June 2011 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces the signing of Cooperation Agreement with the Kemerovo Region administration and Environmental Regional Center (ERC) on recycling waste to innovative products for ferrous metallurgy.

Moscow, 27 June 2011 — UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces that the Company’s Engineering & Technology Centre (ETC) has been awarded the Skolkovo Innovation Centre Participant Status. This status enables RUSAL to participate in state R&D co-financing programmes.

<P>Moscow, 24 June 2011 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces that its Board of Directors has approved the main terms and conditions of a new pre-export finance facility in the amount of up to US$4.75 billion with a club of international lenders.</P>

<P>Hong Kong, 23 June 2011 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, is pleased to announce the launch of “From Russia with Love,” a book that offers a closer look at the different sides of Russia. Behind its colourful cover featuring the face of a traditional Matryoshka doll, lies over 450 pages of thoughtful text and spectacular photographs, telling a fantastic story about a powerful nation.</P>

<P>Moscow, 23 June 2011 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces the launch of a project for the extraction of low iron bauxite in the Republic of Komi by Timan Bauxite, a subsidiary of the Company. Future bauxite production is estimated at 250,000 tonnes per year.</P>

<P>Moscow, 22 June 2011 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announces the start of a joint project with GAZ Group to develop new machinery for the aluminium industry. The prototypes will be tested by RUSAL's Siberian facilities in September.</P>

Moscow, 20 June 2011 – UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, Euronext: RUSAL/RUAL, MICEX: RUALR, RTS: RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer and owner of a 25% stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel, announces that the Company today, has initiated a Norilsk Nickel Board Meeting, in the interest of Norilsk Nickel’s minority shareholders, requesting that Norilsk Nickel’s CEO, Vladimir Strzhalkovsky provides a detailed activity report within one month, explaining the execution of the Board’s recent decisions.