The Sayanogorsk Aluminum Smelter of the Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL has slashed its power loading by 410 megawatts (MW) to 600 MW without warning, and is carrying out emergency maintenance works, the Energy Ministry’s emergency research center said in a statement on April 10.
The Sayanogorsk Aluminum Smelter is RUSAL’s third largest producer of aluminum. The plant’s annual production capacity is 542,000 tons of aluminum. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)