Khakas Aluminium Smelter

Khakas Aluminium Smelter
Хака́сский алюми́ниевый заво́д
Industry Mining
Metallurgy
Headquarters Sayanogorsk
Products Aluminium
Aluminium alloys
Revenue Russia (2008)[1]
Owner RUSAL

Khakas Aluminium Smelter (Russian: Хака́сский алюми́ниевый заво́д, Khakasskiy Alyuminiyevy Zavod) or KhAZ (Russian: ХАЗ) is an aluminium smelter located near Sayanogorsk, Russia. Owned by the Russian aluminium industry champion RUSAL, it is one of the largest companies in the Russia's Republic of Khakassia. It was the first major aluminium plant opened in post-Soviet Russia.

The construction began in 2004. The first metal was produced in December 2006, and the project capacity of 300,000 tons of aluminium per year was achieved in October 2007. Total investment in the project reached $750 million.

References

  1. 400 крупнейших компаний Сибири//Эксперт-Сибирь. №40 - 41. 26 октября – 8 ноября 2009 года. (Russian)

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Coordinates: 53°12′03″N 91°26′18″E / 53.20083°N 91.43833°E / 53.20083; 91.43833

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