OREANDA-NEWS. October 18, 2007. UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, announces its production and summary financial results for the first nine months of 2007.

 Highlights*

• Alumina production rose by 5.7% to 8,451,791 tonnes compared to the same period last year.
• Aluminium production increased by 5% to 3,104,847 tonnes.
• Output of high value-added casthouse products improved by 13.6% and its share of total production reached 52%.
• Foil production increased by 25.4%.
• Overall investment for the first nine months of 2007 amounted to over USD 2.2 billion.
• Investment into expansion, reconstruction, modernization and technical refurbishing of existing facilities amounted to approximately USD 1.1 billion.