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WHAT WE DO
WHAT WE DO
The United Company's main products are alumina, aluminium and aluminium alloys.
The major part of alumina produced at RUSAL's refineries is used for the
further production of aluminium. Primary aluminium is produced from alumina in
cast-houses at aluminium smelters; secondary aluminium is produced from
aluminium scrap. The range of products for sale includes standard primary
aluminium in the form of small ingots and T-bars, slabs and billets (with a
cylindrical and square cross section), primary foundry alloys, wire rod and
high purity aluminium.
Aluminium foil plays an important part in RUSAL's production volumes. This
material is widely used for packaging of food, medicines, cosmetics, tobacco,
etc.
The quality of RUSAL's products complies with the main international and
national standards, and satisfies the most stringent customer requirements. The
brands of the company are registered on the London Metal Exchange (LME).
The company's strategy provides for the constant necessity to expand its range
of products, which is guided by the demands of its customers. RUSAL is ready to
work out new technological decisions for producing new alloys and materials,
together with its customers, in order to satisfy specific requirements. We
monitor quality indicators and customer satisfaction on a regular basis, and
such an approach helps us to develop long-term relations with our domestic and
foreign clients.
RUSAL has a powerful scientific and technical base. Apart from investments in
production growth, the company also considerably finances R&D and
modernisation of facility laboratories, achieving improvements in the quality
of products and satisfying customer demands.
RUSAL's main strategic priorities are to end user orientation, and to produce
high-value-added products. The company's objective is to increase the share of
commercially high-value-added products to 50% of total production volume.
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| About
Aluminium |
In 1808 the British chemist
and scientist Sir Humphry Davy identified the existence of a metal base of
alum, which he at first named alumium and later aluminum. This date can be
considered a starting point for the development of one of the leading
industries of today - the aluminium industry.
Thanks to its chemical activity aluminium is hardly ever found in its free form
and despite a common misconception there is no such thing as "aluminium mines".
Only a few types of aluminium-containing minerals are suitable for industrial
production of the metal. It is chiefly produced from bauxite, more than 90% of
which is concentrated in the tropical and subtropical areas of the Earth -
Australia, Guinea, Jamaica, Suriname, Brazil, and India.
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| Presentations
and Speeches |
Expansion of Production
Capacities and Technical Modernisation: RUSAL's Expertise
Valery Matvienko
Ferbruary 2007 Adam Smith CIS Metals Summit Marriott Grand Hotel, Moscow
Structural change in the
aluminium industry - a Russian perspective
Peter Finnimore
January 2007 Platts Aluminum Symposium 2007 Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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