NOVO-OGARYOVO, February 25. /TASS/. Russia and the US could think about joint work in aluminum production, for example, in the Krasnoyarsk region, President Vladimir Putin said answering questions from VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin.
"We could think about joint work in this area together with American companies. For example, in the Krasnoyarsk region. Back in Soviet times, there were plans to build a new hydroelectric power plant and create additional aluminum production facilities," the Russian leader said.
The Krasnoyarsk region is already home to an aluminum plant (KrAZ), which is the second largest in the world. Due to the high energy intensity of such plants, they are usually built near powerful hydroelectric power plants (HPPs).
After the break-up of the Soviet Union, Russian aluminum plants lost their sources of raw materials, since a significant part of the bauxite deposits were located on the territory of the former Soviet republics - in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and others. Currently, KrAZ operates from the Krasnoyarsk HPP and consumes about 70% of the electricity it produces.