By KYIV. Dec 23 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine in January-November of the current year reduced the import of aluminum ores and concentrate (bauxite) in kind by 79.8% compared to the same period last year, to 945,396 tonnes, in November they were not imported.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service, during this period, bauxite imports in monetary terms dropped by 77.5% to $48.166 million.
Ukraine in January-November 2022 did not re-export bauxite.
Bauxites are aluminum ores used as a raw material for the production of alumina, and from it – aluminium. They are also used as fluxes in ferrous metallurgy.
Bauxites are imported to Ukraine by the Mykolaiv Alumina Refinery, which was affiliated with the United Company Russian Aluminum (RusAl, RF) before the war. Alumina is produced from bauxite.
RusAl also previously owned a stake in Zaporizhia Aluminum Plant (ZAlK) in Ukraine, which stopped producing primary aluminum and alumina.
