China will expand its national emissions trading system (ETS) to new sectors and introduce absolute carbon caps under an updated climate plan submitted to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Monday November 3.

The European Commission has confirmed that CBAM indirect emissions will not be included for metals products under the upcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), while pre-consumer scrap is set to become a standalone CBAM product, EU Commission representative Martin Becker said during the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) webinar on Thursday October 30.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) has approved its first methodology under Article 6.4, also known as the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), the UNFCC announced on Thursday October 30.

With time, it is natural that low-carbon aluminium will be valued, and that the market will pay a green premium because clients are each day demanding more certificates, Anderson Baranov, chief executive officer of Norsk Hydro Brazil told Fastmarkets in an interview on Thursday October 30.

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Brazil’s potential for producing aluminium has not been fully explored and the country should not only focus on the domestic market, but start exporting, Luciano Alves, chief executive officer of aluminium producer Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA), told Fastmarkets in an exclusive interview on Tuesday October 28.

The Aluminum Association has called for an export ban on used beverage container (UBC) scrap from the US to countries outside of North America, arguing that aluminium scrap should be treated as a strategic asset in a white paper released on Tuesday October 14.

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