RUSAL to Invest 58 bln Rubles in Construction of Taishet Aluminium Smelter

A territory to the North-East of Taishet was chosen as the construction site. The total area of the smelter comes to around 389 hectares. The technical and economic basis of the construction of the smelter was worked out by Bechtel Corporation and Engineering and Construction Division of UC RUSAL. The first stage of the smelter with the production capacity of 187 thou tpy is planned to be put into operation in December 2009. Putting into operation of the second stage with the production capacity of 187 thou tpy is planned for October 2010, the third and fourth stages of the same capacity are planned to be put into operation in June and December 2011 respectively. An annual electricity consumption of Taishet Aluminium Smelter will come to 10,4 bln kWt/h. Besides, influence of investment projects on primary aluminium production on development of Russian aluminium semi-finished products will be discussed at «Russian Market of Aluminium Rolled Products and Shapes», which will be held on May 29-30, 2008.