Aluminium production in Krasnoyarsk to go up

UC RusAl states about the preparation for the construction of a new foundry for the production of extrusion billets at the Krasnoyarsk aluminium plant (KrAZ). The project is being realized within the framework of the strategy on the increase of the share of alloys in the company’s production run.

To date, they start designing of a complex at UC RusAl. The total volume of investments will make up about $45 million. The project completion is expected in 2016. The complex is meant for the output of extrusion billets, including the ones of large diameter (up to 460 mm), which are in great demand in the car industry, they say in the company. Its production capacity will make up 120 thousand tons a year. To date, UC RusAl manufactures extrusion billet of 200 mm in diameter.