Aluminum Industry Struggles To Meet Emissions Targets

The aluminum industry is struggling to meet its own voluntary targets to cut direct greenhouse gas emissions from its production processes by 2010, Reuters reports.
One of the International Aluminium Institute’s voluntary objectives is to produce one tonne of primary aluminium using 14.5 megawatt hours of energy. Some older smelters use around 19 MWh/t. Best practice [...]

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