Aluminum is a metal. Its atomic number is thirteen. It is a soft metal and is silver and white in color. The Earth’s crust has aluminum in it. It is rather abundant in the earth and easily found. It has a low density. Rusal is a company that mines for aluminum. Actually, it is the world’s largest producer of aluminum up until 2015.
Then a Chinese company took that title and started producing more aluminum. It’s a Russian company and its headquarters is located in Moscow. It was founded in 2007. Oleg Deripaska is one of the founders of this company, Rusal. In 2005, Rusal bought half of another project called Komi alumina. After its founding, it merged with its competitor, Sual.