United Company RUSAL

RUSAL is a leading, global aluminium producer and one of the world’s major producers of alumina.

The company was founded in 2000 and, following its merger with SUAL and the alumina assets of Glencore, became the global aluminium industry leader in 2007.

RUSAL operates in 13 countries on 5 continents.

The company employs over 61,000 people across the globe.

RUSAL’s assets include 11 aluminium smelters, 11 alumina refineries, 8 bauxite mines, 3 aluminium powder plants, 2 silicon factories, 2 secondary aluminium plants, 4 foil mills, 2 cryolite and 1 cathode plants.

The company’s current capacity means it is able to produce 4.2 million tonnes of aluminium, 11.5 million tonnes of alumina and 90 thousand tonnes of foil per annum.

In 2015 RUSAL accounted for approximately 7% of global production of aluminium and 7% of alumina.

The company’s key sales markets are Europe, Russia and the CIS countries, North America, South-East Asia, Japan and Korea. The major end users are transport, construction and package industries.

RUSAL has a 27.8% plus two shares interest in Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of nickel and palladium and one of the largest producers of platinum and copper.

Together with Kazakhstan’s National Welfare fund “Samruk-Kazyna” RUSAL develops the Ekibastuz coalfield in Central Asia

RUSAL's shareholders are En+ (48.13%), ONEXIM Group (17.02%), SUAL's shareholders (15.80%), Glencore's subsidiary Amokenga Holdings (8.75%) and RUSAL's management. There is a 10.04% free-float.

RUSAL owns proprietary smelting technologies (RA-300, RA-400 and RA-500) and is developing new ones, including a revolutionary inert anode technology.