Rusal to expand aluminium sales in Asia

Norinco’s investments into the production of aluminium casting alloys are aimed at increasing the volume of high-tech aluminium production sales on the Chinese market. The realisation of mentioned investment plans will allow to expand Russian capacities to output the production with high added value and increase exports of Russian aluminium production to China and other Asian countries.

Rusal has a well diversified sales platform covering the United States of America, Europe and Japan and also has a strategic focus on high-growth Asian markets, in particular China. The company expects to increase its sales in Asia by 50% (up to 30% of total sales) by the end of 2010. Acquiring a stake in the sales and marketing subsidiary of one of the largest state owned holdings in China will help to boost Rusal presence on the world’s largest aluminium consumption market.

Under a long-term contract between Rusal and Norinco, Rusal will deliver up to two million tonnes of aluminum alloys worth more than USD 4 billion a year to the Asian markets from the company’s Siberian smelters.
The signed letter of intent is a continuation and extension of the cooperation between Rusal and Norinco, launched in November 2009 with the signing of an agreement to supply 1.68 million tonnes of Rusal’s aluminum to the Chinese company by 2016.

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