Aluminium Council Releases 2010 Sustainability Report

The Australian Aluminium Council (AAC) today released its 2010 Sustainability Report. The report provides details on the performance of Australia’s aluminium industry for the year ended 31 December 2010 and is available from aluminium.org.au

Government locks in costs blow-out for Australian Aluminium producers
Today’s carbon pricing announcement will hit Australia’s aluminium industry many times harder than our overseas competition and will make Australian producers pay a higher carbon cost for years to come...

Aluminium Industry at Risk Under a Carbon Price
Efficient and competitive Australian alumina and aluminium operations are at risk of leakage under a carbon price, according to data released today by Australia’s producers...

Aluminium Industry Rejects Minister's Claims
The aluminium industry has immediately rejected suggestions from the Minister for Climate Change that the impact of a carbon price on the industry would be minor...

Alcoa of Australia’s Alan Cransberg appointed President of the AAC
The Board of the Australian Aluminium Council has appointed Mr Alan Cransberg (Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia) as President. Mr Cransberg replaces Mr Steve Hodgson following his departure from Rio Tinto Alcan...

Australian Industry Needs a Level Playing Field
The Australian Aluminium Council has emphasised the need for measures to maintain the competitiveness of Australian industry in any Australian carbon policy, given the lack of progress shown at Copenhagen

Australian aluminium industry joins the international industry's call for cooperation on climate change
The Australian Aluminium Council supports the International Aluminium Institute's call for negotiators at the UNFCCC Copenhagen Climate Change meeting to include industry in its discussions. Doing so will ensure that the significant and long‐term task of addressing climate change will be based on a bottom up approach that encourages participation at all levels.

Australian Aluminium Council welcomes proposed CPRS amendments
The Australian Aluminium Council (AAC) today welcomed the release of the Coalition's plan to strengthen the Government's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).

Aluminium crucial to RET passage
The Australian Aluminium Council today acknoledged improvements made during the passage of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) legislation and the altered treatment of emissions intense trade exposed (EITE) activities including aluminium smelting.

Government proposes to make huge Aluminium RET costs more certain
The Australian Aluminium Council made it clear today that the Government's interim assistance arrangements under the Renewable Energy Target (RET) simply made it more certain that Australian aluminium producers would face higher costs than our overseas competitors.