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Rusal in talks on new ways to support imports of aluminum raw materials

Rusal is discussing new instruments to support imports of raw materials for aluminum production in Russia with the Industry and Trade Ministry and State Duma committees, the Russian aluminum giant's deputy CEO, Oleg Vaitman said at a Duma Economic Policy Committee roundtable on anti-crisis legislation and the strategic development of Russian metallurgy. "For us, as a company that is significantly oriented toward imported raw materials - in our industry it so happens that bauxite [deposits are ...

17 July 2025., 10:40 comment

Russia plans to start tapping five molybdenum deposits over next 36 months

Russia plans to start mining at five molybdenum deposits during the coming three years, the Ministry of Natural Resources said. According to the ministry, corporate investments in molybdenum exploration will more than double this year to 4.5 bln rubles ($57.6 mln). "Promising targets to ramp up mining are four deposits being prepared for development: Agaskyrskoye in Khakassia, Ak-Sugskoye in Tyva, Yuzhno-Shameiskoye in the Sverdlovsk Region, Tyrnyauzskoye in Kabardino-Balkaria, and a deposit ...

17 July 2025., 10:30 comment

Saudi Arabia ready to cooperate with Russia in rare-earth metals

Saudi Arabia is interested in cooperation with Russia in the area of rare-earth metals, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia Bandar al-Khorayef told TASS in an interview. "Absolutely," he replied, when asked if prospects for cooperation with Russia in this area were being considered. "Last year, we announced that our reserves had increased from $1.3 trillion to $1.5 trillion, some of which were rare earths. We believe that we have a good percentage. We are now at a stage ...

15 July 2025., 10:40 comment

Irkutsk firm builds Russia's biggest concentrator to recover gold from ore

Irkutsk-based Service TechnoProm LLC has built Russia's biggest centrifugal concentrator for the mining industry, the Irkutsk regional government's press service said. "This equipment is designed to extract gold, platinum and other valuable metals when ores from hardrock deposits are processed. The Irkutsk model's capacity is up to 1,000 tonnes per hour, and there are very few concentrators like it in the world today," the report says, quoting Nikita Kiselev, CEO of Service TechnoProm. The equipment ...

15 July 2025., 10:25 comment

Putin notes record-high gold prices

Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that gold prices are at an all-time high at a meeting with Yury Chikhanchin, the head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service or Rosfinmonitoring. "Historic high [for the price of gold]," the Russian leader said in response to Chikhanchin’s assertion that gold prices remain elevated, creating an opportunity to make big profits from buying and selling the precious metal. The Head of state also pointed to the trend of the growing use of gold in ...

07 October 2025., 10:50 comment

Russian largest copper producer to invest 40 bln rubles in copper project

Salavatskoye LLC plans to build a copper mine and processing plant in Bashkortostan at a cost of 40 billion rubles, the Chelyabinsk Region company's director, Tagir Bakhtigareyev said. "Upon confirmation of copper ore resources at this property, we plan to implement a major investment project to develop the Salavatskoye copper ore deposit, with the construction of a mine and processing plant in the Abzelilovsky district [...] The amount of investment will exceed 40 billion rubles," Bakhtigareyev ...

07 October 2025., 10:30 comment

RUSAL Strengthens Position in EcoVadis Global Supplier Sustainability Ranking

RUSAL, one of the world's largest aluminum producers, has improved its rating in EcoVadis, the authoritative international supplier sustainability assessment. The company received 67 points out of 100 possible (compared to 63 in the 2024 rating). RUSAL's higher rating was achieved through improvement of management quality in such areas as the social responsibility and business ethics, for which the Company received 7 and 22 points more than last year, respectively. In the areas of business ethics ...

07 August 2025., 11:46 comment

Nornickel presents metals market review

Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and a major producer of nickel, copper and platinum presents the fifteenth review of the nickel, copper and platinum group metals (PGM ) markets. Full reports are available on Nornickel’s website.

07 August 2025., 11:40 comment

Production of rare-earth metals in Russia could increase sevenfold

Production of rare-earth metals (REM) in Russia could increase sevenfold, said Anton Alikhanov, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade at a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy. "We have already developed the basic technologies for separating substances for rare and rare-earth metals. Thanks to large projects with interested investors, we expect to increase our own production of REM sevenfold, reducing dependence on imports to a minimum level," he said. Earlier, Russian ...

07 February 2025., 10:15 comment

Norilsk Nickel held the annual general meeting

Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and a major producer of nickel, platinum and copper, announces that shareholders held the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 27 June 2025. The shareholders also approved the annual report for 2024, new version of the Articles of Association, Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) accounts for 2024, the consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)fin for 2024, elected the Board of Directors ...

30 June 2025., 10:30 comment

Nornickel develops palladium-based materials twice quicker than foreign companies do

The Norilsk Nickel Palladium Technology Center managed to cut time for laboratory development and tests of palladium-based materials technologies to 9 months, which is 2 times faster than foreign companies do, the center's Director Dmitry Izotov told TASS on sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "We have managed to reach the development and laboratory testing term of 9 months, against 18-24 months foreign companies have. We use a hybrid approach: on the one hand, for ...

20 June 2025., 10:30 comment

Rostec State Corporation's titanium production volumes decrease

Boeing's exit from the Russian market hurt the company, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov. At the meeting, Putin asked about the current state of Rostec’s titanium production. "Of course, our plant is operating, though perhaps not at full capacity," Chemezov replied. "We’re primarily supplying our own aviation and helicopter manufacturers. Since the Americans left, our joint venture with Boeing has unfortunately been put on hold, so production volumes ...

19 June 2025., 10:30 comment

RUSAL seals landmark carbon credit deal as part of the Sakhalin Experiment

RUSAL, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, has announced the largest carbon credit deal to date on the Russian market. The deal was executed for the benefit of a participant in the Sakhalin Experiment for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions. The carbon credits involved in the deal were issued in the national Carbon Units Registry as a result of RUSAL’s forest climate initiative. This project, which holds the official status of a "Partner of National Projects," focuses on aerial forest ...

18 June 2025., 10:30 comment

Russia could double copper production in 15 years

Russia will be able to double copper production in 15 years through the implementation of a number of current and prospective projects, and copper will always be needed - it is the most sought-after metal in the green energy sector, said Oleg Kazanov, Head of Rosnedra, in an interview with RIA Novosti ahead of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. According to him, everything is "quite good" with copper in Russia. The country has about 100 million tons of reserves, 1.1 million tons ...

17 June 2025., 10:30 comment

Russian aluminum exports to Brazil reach a three-year high

In the first five months of 2025, Russian aluminum shipments to Brazil grew 2.3 times year-on-year to $7.9 million. According to Brazilian customs data, this is the maximum figure since 2022. The main supplier of aluminum to the Brazilian market remains China, which increased exports by a third - up to 254.8 million dollars. Argentina (+40%, up to 157.7 million dollars) and Paraguay (+70%, up to 58.1 million dollars) also supplied significant volumes of metal. In addition to aluminum, Russia ...

16 June 2025., 12:37 comment

Russia may become leader in rare earth-metals production

Russia may become a leader in extraction and processing of rare-earth metals (REM), if it manages to create infrastructures and comfortable business conditions in the Arctic, while the global industry will face a deficit in REM in 2030, Russian Academician, Doctor of Geology and Mineralogy Nikolay Pokhilenko told TASS. At the International Arctic Forum in April, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the creation of a rare-earth metals processing industry in the Arctic is one of priorities in ...

06 November 2025., 11:08 comment

RUSAL starts commercial production of new low-carbon foundry alloys for the automotive industry

RUSAL, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, has launched commercial production of Primary Equivalent Foundry Alloys (PEFA) with post-consumer scrap content for the automotive industry. The project has been realised at Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter (IrkAZ) along with increasing the share of recycled metal in the alloys that now reaches up to 40%. RUSAL started trial production of PEFA with 20% of aluminium end-of- life scrap in early 2023 and has been gradually increasing the recycled ...

06 September 2025., 10:30 comment

Russia’s gold and primary aluminium output rises in April 2025

Russia’s gold and primary aluminium output rises in April 2025 However, compared to March 2025, the output declined by 3.8%. In total, for the January-April 2025 period, gold production increased by 6% year-on-year. The production of primary aluminum in April rose by 5.3% compared to April of the previous year, but decreased by 0.7% from March 2025. Over the January-April 2025 period, the output of primary aluminum increased by 2.6% year-on-year. Subscription to news

06 February 2025., 10:30 comment

Russia again extends ban on exports of precious metal scrap, waste

The temporary ban on exporting precious metal scrap and waste from Russia has been extended for another six months and will remain in effect until November 30, 2025, the government's press service said. The decision will help increase the workload of Russian refining enterprises, it said. For the duration of the restrictions, Russia will not export scrap and waste of precious metals or metals plated with precious metals, as well as other scrap and waste containing precious metals or their compounds. ...

30 May 2025., 10:30 comment

RUSAL invests in capacity expansion for thin gauge foils for food packaging

RUSAL, one of the largest global aluminium producer, is expanding its thin gauge foil capacity for food packaging applications. By upgrading the С-3/2 finishing foil mill, SAYANAL foil plant will be able to increase its thin gauge output by 10-12%, whereas Ural Foil plant, for the first time in its history, is starting to embark on this advanced production. The largest foil mill in Russia and the CIS countries, SAYANAL plant is about to restart its С-3/2 finishing foil mill after the upgrade; ...

29 May 2025., 10:30 comment