History En+ Group

En+ Group was established with a predominant focus on the production of aluminium and alumina. Over time, through a process of strategic acquisitions, asset consolidations and organic growth, the company has developed into a leading global vertically integrated aluminium and hydropower producer.

2002

The Group acquired 64.0% of the shares in Krasnoyarsk hydropower station. With 6.0 GW of installed electricity capacity, the Krasnoyarsk HPP is currently the tenth largest globally. Between 2003 and 2007, the Group acquired a further 4.3% interest in Krasnoyarsk HPP. In 2016, En+ Group fully consolidated the Krasnoyarsk HPP.

6.0 GW

Krasnoyarsk hydro power station installed electricity capacity

2003

En+ Group became the sole owner of RUSAL

2004

RUSAL and RusHydro entered into a cooperation agreement to jointly implement the BEMO Project, which involved the construction of the 3.0 GW Boguchany HPP on the Angara river and the Boguchany aluminium smelter (with a designed production capacity of approximately 588 kt of aluminium per annum) in the Krasnoyarsk Region.

BEMO

a 50/50 JV between RUSAL and RusHydro

2006

The Group acquired a controlling stake in Irkutskenergo, a power company that owns the Irkutsk (0.7 GW), Bratsk (4.5 GW) and Ust-Ilimsk (3.8 GW) HPPs and several CHPs in the Irkutsk region of Russia.
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Following the acquisitions of SUAL Group and select aluminium and alumina businesses from Glencore, the current RUSAL was formed under UC RUSAL.

9.0 GW

Combined installed capacity of the Angara HPPs cascade owned by Irkutskenergo

2007

RUSAL completed the acquisition of a 25% plus 1 share in Norilsk Nickel, the world’s second largest producer of Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and one of the world’s leading producers of platinum and copper.

23%

Norilsk Nickel’s share of global nickel production

2008

RUSAL conducted an IPO and listed its shares and global depositary receipts on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and NYSE Euronext in Paris. Later in 2010, RUSAL listed its Russian depositary receipts on Russia’s stock exchanges. In 2015, the RUSAL shares were permitted to list on MOEX.

USD 2.24 bln

raised by Rusal during its IPO in Hong Kong

2010

Boguchany HPP initiated operations.

3.0 GW

Boguchany HPP installed electricity capacity

2014

Under the operational management of RUSAL, the first half of the first stage of the Boguchany aluminium smelter began operations with a production capacity of 149 thousand tonnes.

528 kt

designed annual production capacity of the Boguchany aluminium smelter

2016

The Group successfully completed its initial public offering of global depository receipts on the London Stock Exchange and the Moscow Exchange. The offer price was set at USD 14 per share. As part of the IPO, the Group raised USD 1,500 million, making it the biggest IPO of 2017 in London. In line with pre-IPO commitments, the proceeds from the primary tranche of the offering were used for deleveraging: shortly after the listing, the Group repaid in full its VTB loan totalling USD 942 million.

USD 1.5 bln

raised by En+ Group during its IPO at the LSE

2017

On April 6, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America designated certain legal and natural persons to its Specially Designated Nationals List (the SDN List), including, among others, the Company and its subsidiaries.

287 days

En+ Group was under US sanctions

2018

OFAC announced the removal of the Company and its subsidiaries from the SDN List on January 27

2019

En+ Group completed the acquisition of the bank's stake in the Group. The transaction allowed for a simplified ownership structure and together with the Glencore share swap (also closed in 2020), made the Group a more attractive investment.

21.37%

En+ Group stake acquired from the bank

2020

— RUSAL opens new low-carbon aluminium smelter in Taishet.

— En+ published its Pathway to Net Zero Report https://netzero.ru/

Reduction of GHG emissions

35%

by 2035
Net zero GHG emissions

Net zero

by 2050

2021

En+ celebrated its 20th anniversary. The group's social agenda is centered on the integrated development of Russia's regions and improving the living standards of the enterprises' employees. To mark the anniversary, the Group organized a three-day "Energia" cultural festival in Irkutsk.

20th anniversary

2022

Despite external challenges, in 2023 En+ maintained the pace of implementation and investments in the New Energy modernization program in full.

The Group joined the Federal Project "Professionality" to train qualified personnel to meet the needs of business and give impetus to the social development of Russian regions.

The Company opened four Multilab competence development centers at once: in Divnogorsk, Bratsk, Angarsk and Nizhny Novgorod.

4 Multillabs

2023

Three projects of the Group for the construction of power units at CHP plant 11 in Usolye-Sibirskoye (Irkutsk region) were chosen through competitive selection of projects for the construction of new generating capacities (KOM NGO).

En+ and the government of the Republic of Buryatia signed an agreement for interaction and cooperation to implement a project for construction of Moksky hydropower complex. The project includes the construction of two HPPs — Mokskaya HPP and its counter-regulator Ivanovskaya HPP.

EN+ announced the cancellation of listing and admission to securities trading on London Stock Exchange.

No. of projects for construction of new generating capacities

3

2024

China Chengxin Green Finance Technology (Beijing) Ltd. assigned ESG-rating of ‘А–‘ to EN+.

EN+ commissioned Teplovoy Luch thermal main in Irkutsk, the biggest project in thermal power sector in the last half-century.

EN+ adopted the digital transformation strategy for 2025-2027

Teplovoy Luch thermal main was put in operation

2025