Industrial Minerals


Rusal to start refractory bauxite mining in 2012

23 June 2011

by Mark Watts

Russian aluminium giant developing 90,000 tpa project in Republic of Komi

Keywords: bauxite, refractories, RUSAL, alumina, basalt

UC Rusal plans to develop a refractory-grade bauxite mine in the Republic of Komi, western Russia, by the end of next year, the world’s largest aluminium producer announced.Through its subsidiary Timan Bauxite, Rusal will establish a 90,000 tpa open-cut mine at the Middle Timan deposit in 2012, before...