Russian hydropower giant RusHydro’s board of directors will consider participating in construction of aluminum giant UC RUSAL’s Taishet Aluminum Smelter on April 19, after a strategy committee has discussed it. The participation plan includes creation of a special purpose vehicle with RUSAL to raise $1.1 billion project financing, of which about $200 million will be…
The Aluminum Association suggests creating a welding center on the basis of the Sespel CJSC. The issue was discussed during the chairman Valentin Tereschenko’s working visit to Cheboksary. “The Sespel Works has a good manufacturing base and technologies to process aluminum. The company uses the most advanced welding techniques. That is why we suggest creating…
The company Rand (Barnaul) has made a decision to sell the Aluminum Forging Works. The starting price will be 85 million rubles. The assets are divided into 4 lots, the first of which includes a building with the floor size of 102.2 square meters, and the rest is machinery and equipment. The auction will be…
Foreign investors plan to construct a new foundry in Lviv region. According to the press service of the Lviv regional state administration, the regional governor Oleg Sinyutka and the representatives of the investors discussed the possibility of constructing a works to produce aluminum castings. Fundicao de Evora, a joint venture of Aluthea and Schreder, will…
In January Russia exported 237.3 thousand tons of aluminum, up by 1.1% YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, raw aluminum exports to far foreign countries remained unchanged – 230.8 thousand tons, while that to CIS grew by 75.7%, to 6.5 thousand tons. In monetary terms raw aluminum exports increased by 25.5% YoY, to $388.6…
The Aluminum Association hosted a seminar on the operation of the Institute of light materials and technologies. The institute has been created by Rusal. One of the main projects for the institute will be the forging technology for car industry. At present transports account for 27%, or some 4.2 million tons of aluminum consumption per…
The resumption of primary aluminum production as well as the creation of a new anode factory at the VgAZ-SUAL works will give the Volgograd region some 2.5 thousand jobs. RusHydro confirmed its readiness to discuss electricity supply to the Volgograd Aluminum Works. It was the high cost of electricity that halted the electrolysis manufacture at…
In January-February primary aluminum production decreased by 3.7% YoY, but the output of aluminum alloys went up by 7.7%. Aluminum powder and flakes output increased by 15.6%, wire rod, rods and sections – by 11.1%, sheets, plates, bars and strips – by 26%, and foil – by 37.8%. (Ukrainian metal)