Rio Tinto Offers Responsibly Produced Aluminium From Pacific Operations
13 Dicembre 2019 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Rio Tinto is now offering independently certified, responsibly
produced aluminium from its smelters in Australia and New Zealand
that predominantly use hydro-powered electricity.
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has granted its
Performance Standard and Chain of Custody certifications to Rio
Tinto’s Amrun and Weipa bauxite mines, Yarwun alumina refinery, and
the Bell Bay and NZAS aluminium smelters.
This strengthens Rio Tinto’s ability to offer ASI Aluminium
throughout its global supply chain, building on the certifications
in place for its Canadian operations.
ASI certification means customers can be assured that the
aluminium they purchase has been produced to the highest
environmental, social and governance standards, ranging from
greenhouse gas emissions to human rights.
Rio Tinto Aluminium chief executive Alf Barrios said: “This
certification expands Rio Tinto’s offering of independently
certified, responsibly produced aluminium to customers around the
world. It continues our leadership on responsible aluminium
production from mine to metal, so that our customers can meet the
growing demand from consumers for sustainably sourced
materials.”
ASI chief executive officer Fiona Solomon said: “Having a
responsible supply chain means not just low carbon emissions in
production, but also meeting the highest standards from material
stewardship to human rights. We applaud Rio Tinto’s ongoing
commitment to encouraging the uptake of ASI’s standards across the
aluminium and manufacturing supply chain.”
Notes to editors
As a founding member of ASI, Rio Tinto has helped pioneer
responsible production standards for the aluminium industry
alongside customers and a broad range of stakeholders. In 2018, Rio
Tinto became the first producer to offer ASI Aluminium through a
‘chain of custody’ spanning the Gove bauxite mine in Australia to
its alumina refinery, aluminium smelters and casthouses in Quebec,
Canada, adding its operations in British Columbia in 2019.
Rio Tinto is the largest integrated producer of aluminium,
bauxite and alumina in Australia and the only producer of aluminium
in New Zealand.
Bauxite and alumina are the key ingredients, along with electric
energy, in the smelting of aluminium metal. The ASI requirements on
greenhouse gas emissions in the production of aluminium mean this
certification is limited to Rio Tinto’s smelters that use
hydro-powered energy, at Bell Bay in Tasmania and Tiwai Point in
New Zealand.
Bell Bay Aluminium has an energy supply contract with Hydro
Tasmania, Australia’s largest generator of renewable energy. The
Tasmanian Government’s stated aim is for the state to be 100%
renewable by 2022. New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) at Tiwai
Point is under strategic review due to challenging market
conditions and energy cost, with every effort (including ASI
certification) being made to engage stakeholders and restore its
competitive position.
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