ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY PREPARES FOR TOUGH ROAD UNDER REVISED EU EMISSIONS SCHEME
November 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
THE ALUMINIUM industry is gearing up for a tough road ahead just as the European Union (EU) has raised an emissions cap from 1.9 billion tonnes to just over 2 billion to make way for aluminium sectors and other industries which will come under Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in 2013.
In just over two years, European aluminium plants will be required to purchase credits for each tonne of emissions they produce over a certain benchmark, and so many companies are already working to reduce their carbon output. Hydro, a Norwegian-based ...
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