Six electrolysis experts from UC RUSAL’s Ural smelter are going to celebrate the Metallurgist’s Day in Nigeria, where they have been assisting in the launch of a potline at RUSAL’s Alscon smelter for over a month now, the company’s spokesperson for the Urals Roman Lukichev said to UrBC.

‘The smelter sent its best experts to Nigeria; they are now helping the local workers to install modern bath tanks as well as doing some personnel training. Apart from the Ural smelter’s employees, the Nigerian workers are helped by experts from UC RUSAL’s Nadvoitskiy and Sayanogorskiy smelters,’ Lukichev added.

‘The Ural smelter’s employees’ efforts have already resulted in a series of promotions: Rustam Farzidinov was promoted to chief foreman, while Sergey Sokolov, Oleg Moiseev, and Igor Tokarev were promoted to foremen. They are to come back to the Urals in September 2008,’ he said.