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European Aluminium and IAI commissioned German based consulting company MiMITech to evaluate how to remove impurities from contaminated aluminium melts, and find a better understanding of the negative effects of concerned impurities during aluminium production and fabrication. Both removal technologies and neutralisation technologies were investigated for 21 impurities including Copper, ...

November 26, 2023

The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has published Specifiers’ Guide To IAI’s Carbon Footprint Methodology. The guide is to ensure that declared carbon footprints reflect a ‘real’ and comprehensive footprint of products. In 2021, The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) published Aluminium Carbon Footprint Methodology: Good Practice for Calculation of Primary Aluminium ...

October 16, 2023

The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) commissioned DMM Advisory Group to look into the substitution opportunities that exist for aluminium in the construction and infrastructure market. Aluminium is a key material in the construction and infrastructure markets based on its light weight, relative strength, longevity, low maintenance and conductivity. It is the only ...

September 27, 2023

A review of waste management maturity in six countries In 2023, the IAI commissioned Roland Berger to look into the current situation around aluminium can waste management and improvement levers in Australia, Cambodia, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Together, these countries provide representative insights into can usage, ...

September 13, 2023

The IAI has published the latest IAI Material Flow Model update. This update highlights the increase of production rates, recyclability and usage of scrap sources over the past 70 years (1950-2021). It also shows a particularly sharp rise in all areas over the past 20 years globally and even more ...

July 17, 2023

The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) and European Aluminium commissioned the Institute for Technological Research into Materials, Metallurgy, and Processes (IRT M2P) to conduct a comprehensive market study of secondary casting alloys in Europe. The study analyses the current value chain for aluminium casting alloys in the region, potential future developments ...

July 10, 2023

Around the world, the aluminium industry is investing in projects, new technologies and building critical partnerships that are playing a key role in meeting environmental targets for 2050. These include contracts for renewable energy, particularly wind, solar and hydropower; the creation of virtual batteries within smelters; the smart use of ...

February 16, 2023

This factsheet presents findings from a recent Ball study into the carbon footprint of packaging materials. Ball recently hired leading sustainability consultants Sphera (for USA, Europe and Brazil) and The Energy and Resources Institute (for India) to conduct a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA assessing the environmental performance of single-use ...

January 27, 2023

This Guidance, prepared by the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, provides general support in managing the reputational risks of using carbon credits. It sets out essential criteria for carbon quality, identifies project types and sectors to prioritise or potentially avoid, and offers advice on strategies for ...

January 17, 2023
An intricate, spherical metal sculpture composed of intersecting aluminium rods, creating a geometric lattice structure.

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