United Company RUSAL (Russian: ОАО «Российский алюминий», /Rossíyskiy al'umíniy/) is the world's largest aluminium company. United Company RUSAL accounts for almost 12.5% of entire global output of primary aluminium and 16% of the world’s alumina production. The United Company is a result of the merger of RUSAL (Russian: Русский алюминий), SUAL, and the alumina assets of Glencore, finished in March 2007. The company operates in 17 countries on 5 ...
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United Company RUSAL (Russian: ОАО «Российский алюминий», /Rossíyskiy al'umíniy/) is the world's largest aluminium company. United Company RUSAL accounts for almost 12.5% of entire global output of primary aluminium and 16% of the world’s alumina production. The United Company is a result of the merger of RUSAL (Russian: Русский алюминий), SUAL, and the alumina assets of Glencore, finished in March 2007. The company operates in 17 countries on 5 continents and employs 90,000 people across its international operations and offices.
Russia's bauxite reserves are located primarily in the Northern Ural Mountain area. The bauxite mines operated by Sevuralboksitruda in that region currently account for over 70% of Russia's bauxite assets. During the 1960-80s, a large aluminium industry grew up in Russia based on cheaper energy of Siberian hydro power plants. Two of the world's largest aluminium smelters are located in Russia, each with a capacity of 1 mln tpa. Despite local production of...
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