POLYARNYE ZORI (Murmansk Region), October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's nuclear industry authorities and SUAL aluminum producer signed a protocol Friday on constructing a nuclear power plant and an aluminum plant in the northern Murmansk Region.
The Federal Agency for Nuclear Power, Rosenergoatom - the state-run nuclear power generating monopoly - and SUAL cemented their intention to build two units at the second Kola Nuclear Power Plant, which will provide power for the Kandalaksha aluminum plant.
Sergei Kiriyenko, the head of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power, said September 28 that his agency and SUAL could reach an agreement on constructing a nuclear power plant and an aluminum plant in northwestern Russia October 6.
"We cannot offer SUAL a share in the new NPP, but if SUAL is ready to invest in the NPP's construction we will supply it with electric power at a fixed price during 20 years," he said then.
Kiriyenko also said the capacity of the Kola NPP-1 would be increased by 400-600 MW.
One of the world's top 10 aluminum companies, SUAL has enterprises in nine Russian regions and in Ukraine, and annually mines over 5.4 million metric tons of bauxite, some 2.3 mln metric tons of alumina, over 1 mln tons of primary aluminum, and about 60,000 metric tons of silicon.
It also manufactures aluminum products, including foil, wire, and wheel rims, and exports 80% of its production.
SUAL and fellow Russian metals giant Rusal are expected to complete a merger soon that will create a Russian aluminum monopoly and the world's leading producer of primary aluminum.
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