RUSAL has welcomed the agreement reached between its largest shareholders - En + Group and Sual Partners - on their joint support of the intention to spin off of RUSAL's assets with a higher carbon footprint, announced in May this year.As a result of the asset spin-off, RUSAL will focus on strengthening its position as the largest producer of aluminum with a low carbon footprint, while the new company will focus on the environmental restructuring of its operations. It will include Russian alumina assets (Achinsky, Bogoslovsky, Uralsky, Pikalevsky) and aluminum plants (Bratsky, Irkutsky, Novokuznetsk, Volgogradsky and Kandalaksha). A significant part of the old electrolysis facilities will be rebuilt and transferred to the most modern technology using baked anodes.
RUSAL has welcomed the agreement reached between its largest shareholders - En + Group and Sual Partners - on their joint support of the intention to spin off of RUSAL's assets with a higher carbon footprint, announced in May this year.As a result of the asset spin-off, RUSAL will focus on strengthening its position as the largest producer of aluminum with a low carbon footprint, while the new company will focus on the environmental restructuring of its operations. It will include Russian alumina assets (Achinsky, Bogoslovsky, Uralsky, Pikalevsky) and aluminum plants (Bratsky, Irkutsky, Novokuznetsk, Volgogradsky and Kandalaksha). A significant part of the old electrolysis facilities will be rebuilt and transferred to the most modern technology using baked anodes.