OREANDA-NEWS. May 19, 2011. In connection with the statement of state prosecutor’s office of Ukraine, UC RUSAL informs that the current decision has not come into force the smelter is controlled as before by UC RUSAL and there are no talks about nationalization.

This situation refers to the long-running legal process, the yesterday ruling is only one of its stages. UC RUSAL won this case at the previous level of jurisdiction. Company will exercise its right to challenge the ruling in Ukraine's Supreme Commercial Court.

UC RUSAL is the world’s largest producer of aluminium, in 2010 accounting for approximately 10% and 10% of global production of aluminium and alumina, respectively. UC RUSAL employs about 72,000 people in 19 countries, across 5 continents. UC RUSAL markets and sells its products primarily in the European, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, South East Asian and North American markets. UC RUSAL’s ordinary shares are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock code: 486), global depositary shares representing UC RUSAL’s ordinary shares are listed on the professional compartment of Euronext Paris (RUSAL for Reg S GDSs and RUAL for Rule 144A GDSs), and Russian depositary receipts that are issued on common shares of the Company are listed on MICEX (RUALR) and RTS (RUAL) stock exchanges.