US green aluminium premium may emerge: Rusal

摘要

Rusal America expects more US manufacturers to consider joining their counterparts in Europe and Mexico in paying a green premium for low-carbon aluminium products over the next year. Producers of lower carbon aluminium such as Rusal have lobbied for the acceptance of a so-called green premium, which would entail a higher upcharge on top of the exchange price than the prevailing Midwest premium to guarantee the metal were produced using various low-carbon processes, such as hydroelectric power or low-emission anode technologies.