Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL has launched a $19.8 million rolling mill Properzi at the Kandalaksha aluminum smelter, which will produce up to 50,000 tons of value-added products, the company said in a statement on March 28.
The facility will produce different types of rolled steel with diameters of 9.5-25 mm. Before the launch of the new mill, the smelter produced only 9 mm rolled products.
“The launch of the rolling mill at Kandalaksha aluminum smelter is another step within RUSAL’s strategy to increase the output of value added products. According to plans, the smelter will start operating at full production capacity in 2017 having increased the production of the smelter up to 72,500 tons per year; with that, value-added products are to comprise 98.5% of the total amount of output,” the company said citing CEO Vladislav Solovyov. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
