Shares of the company closed 6.2% higher ahead of the results.

While there are no sanctions on Russian metal, consumers are ignoring aluminium produced by Rusal, which accounts for 6% of global supplies.

The departure comes days after a unit of the company was reported by Bloomberg to have terminated contracts amid a government-led investigation into deals in the market.

Yunnan resumption to add more supplies, but uncertainty remains.

The EU has so far restricted imports of only a limited number of specific aluminum products from Russia.

Weaker dollar made greenback-priced metals cheaper to holders of other currencies.