Russia: RUSAL boosts aluminum output in Q3 2017

Production of Russian aluminum giant UC RUSAL rose by 1.1% QoQ, to 931,000 tons in July-September. In January–September, the company’s aluminum output rose by 0.3% YoY, to 2.763 million tons, it said. Aluminum sales fell by 3.4% QoQ, to 968,000 million tons in July-September, with the average price rising by 2.1%, to $2,124 per ton.…

Russia: Rusal sells 3% of shares

Victor Vekselberg and Mikhail Prokhorov received a total of 2.46 billion Hong Kong dollars ($315 million) from the sale of some 3% of Rusal shares. 456 million shares were placed at 5.4 HKD, with a 7.5% discount. There were 70 offers, with top 10 investors acquiring over 60% of shares. Of the volume sold Vekselberg…

Russia: Moody’s improves Rusal outlook

Moody’s has improved from Stable to Positive the outlook for Rusal. The company corporate rating remained on Ba3 level. “Our decision to change the Rusal outlook is connected with the decrease of borrowed money early in the year on the background of the profit increase as the prices for aluminum improved”, the agency said. In…