RUSAL and the ELKA-Cable Company have started a joint venture, the Bogolsovsk Cable Factory (BCF).

Commissioning of the factory's second workshop and the launch of the main machinery enabled BCF to move from the production of semi-finished aluminium products to the production of cabling and wiring products with an aluminium alloy core. These products have the competitive advantage in Russia as currently there are no analogues being produced in the country. The aluminium alloy processing capacity of the production facility is 4,400 tonnes, all of which will be supplied by RUSAL. BCF plans to reach maximum output within three years. The facility will supply three types of cabling and wiring products manufactured from aluminium alloys…