UPDATE: RUSAL plans to keep aluminum output at 3.7 mln tns in 2017

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KRASNOYARSK/KEMEROVO, Apr 21 (PRIME) -- Aluminum producer RUSAL plans to keep its output on the level of 2016, or 3.685 million tonnes, in 2017, CEO Vladislav Solovyov said on the sidelines of a forum on Friday.

“No less than last year. I think, at last year’s level,” Solovyov said.

The Kemerovo Region said that RUSAL will raise its investment in the region by 25% to 288.1 million rubles in 2017 and produce 213.500 tonnes of aluminum, after 213,100 in 2016.

(56.4165 rubles – U.S. $1)

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