Through the procurement, production, and development of recycled aluminum and the establishment of the Low-Carbon Circular Aluminum Alliance, China Steel Aluminium has successfully produced and developed low-carbon recycled aluminum cans, increasing its advantages in the international market.
Facing both pressure and new opportunities, Taiwanese businesses are at a critical juncture. China Steel Aluminium is committed to improving its refining technology of recycled aluminum materials, enhancing the previous issues of inconsistent quality that arose when recycled aluminum materials exceeded a specific percentage of the raw materials, and providing new opportunities for carbon reduction.
Procurement, Production, and Development of Recycled Aluminum
China Steel Aluminium acquires recycled aluminum materials that can be used directly, and is working towards establishing pre-processing capabilities that allow it to handle recycled aluminum materials containing oil, paint, and film to improve utilization and quality. In addition, through outsourcing, the company has solved the problem of having different recycled aluminum materials mixed together and ensured a stable supply of raw materials.
China Steel Aluminium has also established strict separation, storage area, and feeding standards, and has developed products using different proportions of recycled aluminum, including low-carbon building materials, consumer electronics materials, aluminum cans, etc., and has successively obtained the Verification of Recycled Content: ISO 14021.
Industrial Alliance and Co-Prosperity Plan
China Steel Aluminium has participated in the Ministry of Economic Affairs' "Low-Carbon Circular Aluminum Co-Prosperity Plan," integrating ten aluminum industry upstream (recycled aluminum material distributors), mid-stream (processing plants), and downstream (forming companies) businesses, as well as resource recycling plants. By improving the domestic recycled aluminum recycling process, China Steel Aluminium has increased utilization rates and produced low-cost, high-quality recycled aluminum materials, ensuring a stable supply of raw materials. The Metal Industries Research & Development Centre assisted in surveying the market, inventorying equipment, and integrating aluminum recycling companies to promote the establishment of the alliance.
Benefits
- Using recycled aluminum as raw materials saves about 20-30% of the amount of primary aluminum that must be purchased every year.
- If calculated as containing 80% recycled aluminum, each metric ton of aluminum produced can reduce approximately 7.9 metric tons of CO2e.