OREANDA-NEWS. RUSAL, a top-three global aluminium producer, announces the successful completion of an agreement with Rio Tinto to purchase a 56.2% stake in the EurAllumina alumina refinery in Italy.

The remaining 43.8% share of EurAllumina is owned by Glencore. Ownership of the asset will be consolidated under United Company RUSAL, when the merger of RUSAL, SUAL and Glencore's alumina assets is completed next year.

Commenting on the acquisition of the EurAllumina refinery, Alexander Bulygin, RUSAL's CEO, said: "The acquisition of this stake is an important step in the consolidation of Euroallumina into United Company RUSAL. EurAllumina will provide an additional annual input of 600,000 tonnes of alumina. "