Several large aluminium companies were now producing metal with low carbon emissions, but not all consumers were yet willing to pay a premium for the material, industry executives have said.
But this was expected to change in the future, and will in part create incentives for other producers to decarbonize, they told a panel at the Fastmarkets International Aluminium Conference in Athens, Greece."Some customers for our large rolled products and foil are asking to use 'green' aluminium, but when you ask them if they will pay one penny more, the answer is no. This is their first response," Elval's executive director, Dr Constantin Catsaros, said."For customers, it'll be a nice marketing tool to say they use green aluminium, but for the time being we don't see them paying...