Ref. Ares(2019)2527775 - 10/04/2019
Note of meeting with European Aluminium (EA), 31/08/2018, 10:00
Present:
(EA);
[Art 4.1(b)]
[Art 4.1(b)]
(DG TRADE)
[Art 4.1(b)] asked how EA saw the evolution of current developments and their supply implications
affecting the market.
[Art 4.1(b)] said companies were starting to panic. Prices had doubled for alumina. Downstream
SMEs in particular were suffering from the uncertainty about where their aluminium supplies
would come from after October.
[Art 4.2]
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[Art 4.1(b)] aid Rusal had not been in touch with EA about this directly. However he had made the
EU industry's case very clearly to OFAC this year and had visited in person several times.
[Art 4.1 (a) and Art 4.1(b)]
[Art 4.1 (a) and Art 4.1(b)]