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RUSSIA: Construction start-up on planned $1,500,000,000 + alumina/aluminum complex is tentatively scheduled to begin some time around the end of the year 2004, SUAL GROUP [Russia] - Order #: 057306.

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PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The local SUAL GROUP is currently gearing-up to create what is claimed to be an internationally competitive vertically integrated aluminum complex, dubbed Komi Aluminium, near the city of Ukhta in the Komi Republic some 1,200 kms north-east of Moscow, Russia. The project involves the development, construction, and operation of a modern bauxite, alumina and aluminum complex.

In so doing, the project will use the extensive and accessible SUAL owned Timan Bauxite reserves 270 kms north-west of the proposed Ukhta complex. The Middle Timan bauxite mine is already connected to the federal rail network by a 157 km railway line recently built and owned by SUAL. The mine is said to have extensive reserves and represents a key element within SUAL's alumina production strategy.

The complex will have an installed production capacity of: - 6 million tons per year (t/y) of bauxite; - 1.4 million t/y of alumina' - 300,000 to 500,000 t/y of primary aluminum

The complex's significant resource potential and the railway's freight capacity of 8 million t/y has the potential to become the largest resource base for aluminum production in Eurasia. According to Vladimir Torlopov, Komi Leader, construction work...

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