23.12.09
ARMENAL produces over 20,000 tpa of thin foil for first time in history
Moscow, 23 December 2009 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, announces that, for the first time since its commissioning, the ARMENAL foil mill produced and sold over 20,000 tpa of aluminium foil, nearly twice as much as last year.
17.12.09
RUSAL presents its unique technology to RUSNANO head
Moscow, 17 December 2009 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, presented its unique aluminium production technology based on the use of inert anodes to Anatoly Chubais, head of the state-owned Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO).
15.12.09
The Khakas Aluminium Smelter: 750,000 tonnes in three years after commissioning
Moscow, 15 December 2009 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of aluminium and alumina, announces the third anniversary of the Khakas smelter’s operations, which have produced over 750,000 mt of aluminium since the start-up. Ninety-nine per cent of this output are high metal grades.
08.12.09
UC RUSAL announces appointment of independent non-executive directors to the Board
Moscow, 8 December 2009 — UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium producer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Elsie Leung Oi-Sie, GBM, JP and Mr Barry Cheung Chun-Yuen, JP as independent non-executive directors to its Board of Directors.
03.12.09
UC RUSAL signs comprehensive debt restructuring deal
Moscow, 3 December 2009 - UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, announces that the company has signed all the necessary documents on the comprehensive restructuring of its debt of USD 16.8 bln. The signing of the restructuring deal reinforces the competitive position of the company and allows it to concentrate on implementing its new strategic objectives.
02.12.09
RUSAL VAMI signs an agreement with Power Machines Company on engineering services for a new plant
St. Petersburg, 2 December 2009 – RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of alumina and aluminium, is pleased to announce the signing of an agreement between RUSAL VAMI, RUSAL’s in-house engineering institute, and Power Machines Company, a Russian industrial equipment manufacturer. Under the agreement, RUSAL VAMI will provide engineering services for the first stage of a construction project to build a power equipment manufacturing facility on the Metallostroy industrial site in Kolpino, a town near St. Petersburg.
03.11.09
RUSAL and FGC UES sign an agreement to ensure safe operations of the Siberian energy network
Moscow, 3 November 2009 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, and the Russian Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (FGC UES) announced the signing of an agreement to ensure safe operations of the energy network in Siberia when the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP is decommissioned.
02.11.09
UC RUSAL and NORINCO sign a contract for aluminium delivery
<EM>World aluminium leader increases sales to China, the world’s key aluminium consumer</EM>
<P>Moscow, 2 November 2009 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of aluminium and alumina, and China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO), one of China’s largest diversified corporations, are pleased to announce the signing of a contract for aluminium delivery. Under the contract, UC RUSAL will supply 1,680,000 tonnes of its aluminium to NORINCO between 2010 and 2016.</P>
<P>Moscow, 2 November 2009 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of aluminium and alumina, and China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO), one of China’s largest diversified corporations, are pleased to announce the signing of a contract for aluminium delivery. Under the contract, UC RUSAL will supply 1,680,000 tonnes of its aluminium to NORINCO between 2010 and 2016.</P>
02.11.09
RUSAL announces new executive appointments in its Alumina Division
Moscow, 2 November 2009 – UC RUSAL, the world’s largest producer of aluminium and alumina, has announced the appointment of Andrey Pikhtovnikov, former head of the ‘East’ Production Department of the Alumina Division, as the new managing director of the Achinsk Alumina Complex. Yuri Ovchinnikov, its current managing director, has been appointed the managing director of the Nikolaev Alumina Refinery.