Creation of the United Company allowed to use extra financial capacities and resources to develop assets that it comprises and to implement new investment projects. The main goal is to upgrade, to introduce state-of-the-art production practices and to look for new opportunities for development as an energy and metals company. Investment projects of the United Company are aimed at securing raw materials supply, creating own power-generating facilities, increasing the production of aluminium and improving environmental indices thanks to the introduction of modern technology.

The investment projects are carried out by UC RUSAL's Engineering and Construction Division which controls the management processes during the project lifetime: R&D, development of the project business idea and feasibility study, implementation of the project in accordance with the EPCM principles (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management), commissioning of the site and reaching the design capacity, manufacturing of equipment, and maintenance of existing production facilities.

Currently, the United Company's priority projects are the construction of smelters in Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions, the construction of Boguchanskaya Hydropower Plant, bauxite and alumina complex in the Komi Republic, as well the upgrade of existing smelters.