Rusal produced 4,083 tonnes of aluminum in 2010 up 3 % from 2009. Alumina output totaled 7.84 million tonnes up 8 % from 2009 while bauxite production totaled 11.8 million tonnes up 4 % over the same period.
Production increased at its Krasnoyarsk and Novokuznetsk smelters in Russia and Kubal in Sweden while potline 5 at the Irkutsk aluminum smelter which was commissioned in April 2010 had reached full capacity by end of June and operated at full capacity throughout December 2010.
Rusal announced Ewarton will restart July 1st 2011. In addition the Achinsk and Bogoslovsk alumina refineries missed production growth targets. Rusal targets increasing aluminum production by 2 % in 2011 from 2010 by boosting output at its smelters in Siberia and raising alumina production by 8% year on year in 2011 due to the restart of Ewarton.
The company forecast China's demand for aluminum to grow 12 % YoY to 18.5 million tonnes in 2011 and for that country to continue to increase its imports of primary aluminum in the medium term. Rusal describes itself as the world's largest producer of aluminum and alumina accounting for 10 % of global production of both in 2009.
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