KIEV, Sept. 24 - United Company RUSAL (UC RUSAL) in 2007 invested $58 million in the upgrade and expansion of production facilities at the Mykolayiv alumina plant, RUSAL's director for international and special projects, Alexander Livshits, told Interfax-Ukraine.

He said that a total of $180 million has been invested in the development of the plant since RUSAL bought the company.

Livshits said that according to investment liabilities, the company should increase alumina output to 1.6 million in 2009.