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Basic Element

Russian industrial group

Basic Element Ltd. is one of the largest diversified industrial groups in Russia. The company was founded in 1997 and is owned by Oleg Deripaska. It is based in the British tax haven of Jersey and is headquartered in Moscow.2 Its revenue was $27 billion in 2012.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1
  • Industryaluminium industry1
  • HeadquartersMoscow1
  • Websitewww.basel.ru/en
  • Legal formpublic company1

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Basic Element Ltd. (Russian: Ба́зовый элеме́нт, romanized: Bazovy element, IPA: [ˈbazəvɨj ɨlʲɪˈmʲent], or simply Базэл) is one of the largest diversified industrial groups in Russia. The company was founded in 1997 and is owned by Oleg Deripaska. It is based in the British tax haven of Jersey and is headquartered in Moscow. It was known as Siberian Aluminum until 2001.2

Corporate structure

Basic Element sits at the top of its group. 27 entities, 6 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Basic Element reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Rasperia Trading
  • Rusal
  • Russian Machines

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Oleg Deripaska in 1997.1

Leadership

Who has led Basic Element, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

Energy and mining sector

En+ Group is Russia-based diversified mining, metals, and energy group. En+ Group holds:

a 47.41% stake in alumina and aluminium producer UC RUSAL

a 100% stake in EuroSibEnergo PLC power company

a 100% in Strikeforce Mining and Resources Ltd (SMR) (ferromolybdenum producer)

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a 100% in En+ Downstream (includes aluminium downstream assets)

a 100% in En+ Coal

Central European Aluminium Company (CEAC), which has run the Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica (KAP) aluminium smelter in Montenegro, and the Rudnic Boxita Niksic bauxite mine, which supplies raw materials for the smelter, since 2005.

Dmitrov Pilot Plant for Aluminium Canning Tape (DOZAKL) strip with a polished surface for the manufacture of lamplight reflectors and lath ceilings.

Machine building sector

JSC Russian Machines was established in 2005 to unite Basic Element's machine building assets.

Airport management

Basel Aero, a joint venture between the Singaporean Changi Airports International, Basic Element, Sochi International Airport and the Russian Sberbank, is a company-operator of airports in Sochi, Krasnodar, and Anapa. As of 2015 the company handles 9.5% of total passenger traffic and 3.5% of the total cargo traffic in Russia.

Basel Aero Airports

Sochi Airport

Krasnodar Airport

Anapa Airport

Financial services sector

Basic Element has been managing Oleg Deripaska's personal stake in the amount of 10% of Ingosstrakh's ordinary shares.

Construction sector

JSC Glavstroy is a vertically integrated construction holding corporation. Management functions are carried out by Glavstroy-Management.

Agribusiness

Kuban AgroHolding

AquaDin (LLC), manufacturer of non-alcoholic beverages

Voskhod Stud Farm

Port business

Imeretinsky Port, Sochi

Real estate

BasEl Real Estate

From Wikipedia’s article on Basic Element (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 2012$27.0B1

Timeline

  1. 1997Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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