Russia boosts aluminum exports 11%, slashes copper 29% in 11 mths

      MOSCOW.  Jan  14 (Interfax) - Russia boosted aluminum exports 11.1% year-on-year  in  January-November  2008  to  3.159  million tonnes, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.

     Nickel  exports  came to 230,900 tonnes. Copper exports fell 29% to 181,900 tonnes.

     Nearly all the metals were exported to non-CIS countries.

Russian copper, aluminum and nickel exports in Jan-Nov 2008:

Metal                 Total              Non-CIS           CIS     
tonnes    $ mln    tonnes    $ mln   Tonnes   $ mln
Refined copper        181,9     1 182,9  179,8     1168,8  2,1     14,1
Unprocessed nickel    230,9     4 760,1  230,3     4742,3  0,6    17,8
Unprocessed aluminum  3 158,8   6 928,7  3138,4    6878,1  20,4   50,6

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