Management of Russian Aluminum Association has held negotiations with the management of Japan Aluminum Association in Tokyo. The Japan party was presented detailed information on technological parks being created in the cities of Krasnoyarsk and Volgograd as well as the Republic of Khakassia, ways to establish manufacture there, privileges, etc. The parties also discussed cooperation…
The city of Izhevsk entrepreneur Alexei Isupov and the Industrial and investment complex Vector (Crimea, annexed by Russia) have signed an agreement to create the Izhevsk foundry works Vector. The new company will process aluminum for Crimea. Investments will total 70 million rubles. 50 jobs will be created. The Izhevsk party will prepare the manufacturing…
Agrisovgaz has started producing high-precision castings of aluminum alloys using vacuum-film molding. The castings are made on the modern equipment. The products are tested for quality on site. The company can now produce castings of 2-80 kg of aluminum and zinc alloys with the capacity of 600 tons per year. (Ukrainian metal)
The state enterprise South Machine-Building Works named after Makarov (Yuzhmash) has ordered 245 million rubles (111.32 million UAH) worth of aluminum from Alfa-Metal LLC (Russia). By late 2019 the company will have supplied EXW Moscow 210 tons of rolled aluminum of various sizes at the average price of 1119 rubles or 508 UAH per kg,…
On September 1 a new standard TK 99 “Aluminum” GOST R 57454-2017 “Primary aluminum and the alloys on its basis. Forms of output and delivery. Marking, packaging, transportation and storage” developed by the Aluminum Association came into effect. The goal of the standard is to improve the quality and competitiveness of aluminum products, and update…
The Russian Railroads decided to change the level of the railroad tariff for export transportation of aluminum and aluminum wire rod. The new decreased tariff will be 0.867 from the current. The new tariff will be used when transporting aluminum and wire rod in a combined volume of not less than 3.466 million tons in…
Machinery and equipment of Aluminum Casting Works (Altai region) have been sold at an auction to Alexei Pyatkov (Barnaul) for 4.9 million rubles. The starting price of the lot (342 units of machinery and equipment) was 98.2 million rubles. Pyatkov bought another lot (60 units) at 9.7 million rubles from the initial price of 48.4…
Sverdlovsk region aluminum companies are capable of producing almost any semi-finished products on their own and substituting imports. According to the Aluminum Association chairman Valentin Trischenko, at present the region imports some 3.5 thousand tons of aluminum semis. “The potential of the regional aluminum companies allows not only substituting imports, but even exporting products”, he…