UC RUSAL completes casthouse modernization at aluminium smelters

Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal, said it has modernized the casthouses at four of its aluminium smelters: Sayanogorsk, Krasnoyarsk, Bratsk and Novokuznetsk.

The investment in the project amounted to approximately USD 130 million.

The value-added casthouse production has increased almost tenfold and today accounts for more than 50% of all aluminium production.

UC RUSAL controls four bauxite mines, 10 alumina refineries, 14 aluminum smelters and three foil mills.

UC RUSAL was established in March earlier this year through a merger of Russian aluminum majors RUSAL and SUAL and the alumina assets of Swiss commodities trader Glencore.