UC RUSAL and HYDROOGK begin construction of Boguchanskiy Aluminium Smelter

UC RUSAL and HydroOGK have begun construction of the Boguchanskiy Aluminium Smelter. The 600,000 tpa-strong smelter will be one of Russia’s five largest. Total investment in this project is expected to reach USD 2.3 bln.

The Boguchanskiy Aluminium Smelter is being built as part of the Boguchanskoye Energy and Metal Complex project. The smelter will include a reduction area, a baked anode production plant, a casthouse and related auxiliary facilities. The smelter will be outfitted with RA-300 reduction cells, a UC RUSAL proprietary technology and one of the world’s most efficient and clean electrolysis technologies. Commissioning of the smelter is expected to take place in December 2009, with full capacity to be attained in the second quarter of 2011.