Russia: Rusal saves on electricity consumption

In January-April Rusal saved 25.56 million rubles by decreasing electricity consumption. The company is one of the developers and initiators of implementation of a new mechanism in electricity consumption in Russia and the only company to participate in the program of the price-dependant decrease of electricity consumption, having joined it in 2017. The mechanism presupposes…

Russia: Rusal borrows $1.7 billion

Rusal Holding has attracted the loan for pre-export financing for $1.7 billion. According to the company statement the conditions are 3 months LIBOR +3% interest, 5 years. The goal of the loan is to refinance the current debt. In Q1 Rusal net profits increased by 48% YoY, to $187 million. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: Rusal BGZ output up

Rusal has announced the completion of Boksitogorsk Alumina Works modernization. Within the project, lasting from October 2015 till May 2017 the works received grinding and processing equipment to increase the corundum output to 79 thousand tons. In particular, the company increased refractory capacities by 6 thousand tons, and abrasive – by 4 thousand tons per…

Russia: Rusal net profit up in Q1 2017

In January-March Rusal increased its net profits by 48% YoY, to $187 million. According to the company statement, its corrected EBITDA went up by 52.2%, to $475 million, earnings increased by 20%, to $2.297 billion. Rusal aluminum output in Q1 decreased by 2.1% YoY, to 910 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: Rusal wants VEB to finance KhAZ 2

Rusal intends to attract the VEB financing to the project of the new manufacturing complex construction at Khakassk Aluminum Works. “We envision VEB financing at 70 by 30. The total cost of the project is 130 billion rubles, it will be constructed in stages”, Rusal CEO Vladislav Soloviev said. “We want KhAZ 2 to produce…