Aughinish Alumina
Aughinish Alumina is an Irish alumina refinery located on Aughinish Island in the Shannon Estuary, County Limerick. Opened in the early 1980s, it is the largest such refinery in Europe. Since 2007 it has been owned by United Company RUSAL, the Russian aluminium group controlled by Oleg Deripaska.
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EU extends Ukraine-related sanctions for three years but removes Usmanov and Fridman from the list
On 22 September the EU Council extended restrictive measures against persons responsible for undermining or threatening Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence for an unprecedented 36 months, until 22 September 2029. In the same package, Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman were removed from the sanctions list. Ukraine called the delisting shameful and unjustified and proposed adding Vladimir Lisin and Vladimir Potanin as replacements.