RUSAL is the world’s largest aluminium producer. The company’s main products are primary
aluminium, aluminium alloys, foil and alumina. RUSAL is a completely vertically intergrated
aluminium company with assets right through the production process – from bauxite and nepheline
ore mines to aluminium smelters and foil mills. This provides RUSAL with exceptional operational
flexibility and enables it to control every stage of the manufacturing process and ensure the highest
quality of products.
RUSAL operates in 19 countries on 5 continents. The company’s core smelting capacities are
located in Siberia, thus benefiting from the access to the renewable and environmentally clean
hydropower and the proximity to the thriving market of China.
To meet the surging demand for aluminium, fuelled by the rapid growth of the emerging markets,
RUSAL invests heavily in the expansion of its existing production capacities as well as into
construction of new facilities (the company is currently constructing two aluminium smelters in
Western Siberia). The access to rich bauxite deposits will enable RUSAL to meet its growing
production demands throughout the next 100 years.
RUSAL strives to achieve the leadership in efficiency and is already among the three most cost-
effective aluminium producers in the world. The company’s in-house R&D, engineering and design
capabilities enable it create and launch new technologies that help to streamline production and cut
capital and operation costs.
A further critical strategic goal of the company is to diversify its business through creating and
developing its own power generating capacities that upon completion are expected to satisfy at least
60% of the company’s demand for power. To pursue this goal RUSAL together with RusHydro
is constructing a new Boguchanskaya hydropower station in the Krasnoyarsk region. RUSAL is
also part of the joint venture to develop the Ekibastuz coal basin in Kazakhstan.
RUSAL’s scale of operations and strong competitive advantages along with the aluminium
industry’s robust fundamentals set up a solid platform for the company’s long-term growth that
will benefit all its employees, shareholders and the population of the regions and countries where
RUSAL operates. The company’s sustainable development strategy is aimed to succeed in reaching
this potential.