The RusHydro board of directors has preliminary approved of the results of its participation in the construction of the Taishet Aluminum Smelter together with Rusal. RusHydro has estimated the cost of a 50% stake in the project at $388 million (22.5 billion rubles). Another aspect of the company participation in construction is Rusal confirmation of…
Russian hydropower giant RusHydro may pay only $88 million in cash in installments for a 50% stake in the Taishet Aluminum Smelter with the rest of the sum to be paid with 42.75% in Irkutsk Power Grid Company and future dividends from the plant. Construction of the smelter with a projected annual production capacity of…
RusHydro may decide to participate in completion of UC RUSAL’s construction of a $1.4-1.6 billion Taishet Aluminum Smelter within two or three months, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev, chairman of RusHydro’s board of directors, reported. “I think that probably within two or three months a decision will be made,” he said. RUSAL offered RusHydro a…
