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Rio Tinto now moving to investigate the viability of using Green Hydrogen to produce Aluminium.

Rio Tinto push for green aluminium gets $600,000 government boost.

"Mining giant Rio Tinto’s push into green aluminium is being backed by the federal government with a $600,000 injection into a trial of technology to help remove emissions from the carbon-intensive production process.Rio Tinto aluminium Pacific operations managing director Daniel van der Westhuizen said the $1.2 million trial would investigate using green hydrogen, which is produced using renewable energy, in the refining process for alumina."

"Conventional refining of bauxite to produce alumina burns natural gas and accounts for about 20 per cent of the global emissions created by aluminium production. Alumina production in Australia generates 14 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year, or 24 per cent of emissions from manufacturing processes.Producers around the world are increasingly investing in ways to remove emissions from the carbon-intensive refining and smelting processes. Companies see a significant opportunity for green aluminium should the technology prove commercial."

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/rio-tinto-push-for-green-aluminium-gets-600-000-government-boost-20210615-p5818c.html