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Journal Article
The role of aluminium smelters in decarbonsing our future
2018
Overview
I recently visited a smelter where proudly displayed on the middle of the boardroom table was a very large piece of coal. The person escorting me in said, that's there to show politicians what an aluminium smelter needs to run on. The statement took me by surprise, and hours later I was still processing all of what it encapsulated. For such a simple statement it encompassed so much, and while it is wrong on several levels, the statement probably sums up where we sit as an industry today, and the problems we are facing. I believe we are at a cross roads; with some wanting to stay in the past, some wanting to move forward, and others hoping things will remain the same. Just over 25% of our industry is blessed with being able to make low carbon emissions aluminium from geothermal and hydro generated electricity, and they are trying to distance themselves from the 75% who can't.
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Quartz Business Media Ltd
