OREANDA-NEWS. In the third quarter of 2006, SUAL Group increased production of primary aluminium by 1.3% up to 268 thousand tons from 264.6 thousand tons in the third quarter of 2005.

SUAL Group's enterprises produced 793,900 tonnes of primary aluminium for the first nine months of this year, which was an increase of 1.5% on the first three quarters of 2005.

According to the press service of SUAL, the increase was achieved without commissioning any new capacities and is a result of the continued successful implementation of technological development and modernisation programmes at all of the company's aluminium smelters.