# VGAZ-SUAL to resume primary aluminum production and build anode factory in Volgograd

The resumption of primary aluminum production and creation of a new anode factory at the VGAZ-SUAL enterprise in the Volgograd region is expected to create 2,500 jobs. The plant is to be launched in 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-03-23
- Where: Volgograd region, Russia
- Jobs: 2,500
- Starts operating: 2017
- Status: announced
- Products: primary aluminum, anodes
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [VGAZ-SUAL](https://endata.com/companies/23033.md)

## Sources

- [rusmininfo.com](https://www.rusmininfo.com/news/23-03-2017/volgograd-aluminum-plant-be-launched-year), 2017-03-23: "The resumption of the production of primary aluminum, as well as the creation of a new anode factory at the VGAZ-SUAL enterprise, will provide the Volgograd region with 2.5 thousand jobs."

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