Despite the difficult situation on the world market, the Aluminum Association marks a positive trend in the Russian segment – the creation of new manufactures, increase of product range and development of new spheres of usage have resulted in the increase of the aluminum consumption in January-June by 12% YoY, to 580 thousand tons.
One of the main events in the industry was the adoption of the roadmap to develop the industry by 2023.
Under the roadmap the Association together with ministries is working on a number of initiatives aimed at increasing demand for the aluminum-containing products in mid-term. (Ukrainian metal)