Rusal plants reduce aluminum exports 7% in Sept - RZD
MOSCOW. Oct 8 (Interfax) - Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal's smelters shipped 261,000 tonnes of aluminum abroad in September, 7% less than in August 2018, Russian Railways (RZD) said in materials, seen by Interfax.
Aluminum exports rose 7% month-on-month in August to 281,000 tonnes.
Aluminum exports plummeted 70% month-on-month in April, when Rusal was hit by U.S. sanctions, but bounced back 2.6-fold in May. June exports rose 49% and then fell 10% in July.
Aluminum shipments to the domestic market rose 7% in September compared to August 2018 to 39,000 tonnes as aluminum exports fell.
Overall aluminum shipments fell 5.6% month-on-month in September to 299,600 tonnes.
Aluminum exports in 9M 2018 rose 14% compared to the same period last year, totaling 2.072 million tonnes.
Aluminum shipments from Rusal smelters in September 2018 ('000 tonnes):
| Domestic shipments | Export | Total | |||||||
| September 2018 | August 2018 | Change | September 2018 | August 2018 | Change | September 2018 | August 2018 | Change | |
| Bratsk | 3.6 | 2.5 | 44% | 91.9 | 82.7 | 11% | 95.4 | 85.2 | 12% |
| Krasnoyarsk | 14.3 | 14.5 | (1%) | 65.7 | 88.3 | (26%) | 80 | 102.8 | (22%) |
| Sayanogorsk | 8.6 | 7 | 23% | 58.9 | 62 | (5%) | 67.5 | 69 | (2%) |
| Irkutsk | 7.6 | 6.1 | 24.5% | 17 | 17.9 | (5%) | 24.6 | 24 | 2.5% |
| Novokznetsk | 3.6 | 5.2 | (31%) | 11.8 | 11.7 | 1% | 15.4 | 16.9 | (9%) |
| Boguchansk | 0.5 | 0.4 | 25% | 14.7 | 18 | (18%) | 15.2 | 18.4 | (17%) |
| Volgograd | 0.7 | 0.6 | 17% | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2-fold | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5-fold |
| Nadvoitsy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandalaksha | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 38,9 | 36,3 | 7% | 260,8 | 281 | (7%) | 299,6 | 317,3 | (5,6%) |
Alumina imports to Rusal smelters increased 8.6% to 395,000 tonnes in September and were up 5% in 9M to 3.48 million tonnes.