RIO News: RPT-COLUMN-Australian alumina ban will squeeze Rusal and aluminium: Andy Home - 22nd Mar 2022, 12:00pm

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(Repeats Monday's column with no changes to text)

By Andy Home

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - Australia's decision to ban exports of alumina to Russia tightens further the raw materials squeeze on Russian aluminium giant Rusal.

The company's four million tonnes of smelter capacity each year processes eight million tonnes of alumina, which sits between bauxite and refined metal in the aluminium production chain.

Rusal's domestic alumina plants accounted for only 37% of its smelter needs last ye...

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