Zero-carbon beer cans to hit shelves in Rio Tinto, AB InBev pilot

Beer cans made from low-carbon aluminium supplied by Rio Tinto are set to hit the shelves in the coming months as a partnership with brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) enters its pilot phase.

The first stage of the partnership, announced in October, will see more than 2.5 million cans of the Michelob Ultra brand made with aluminium from Rio Tinto's zero-carbon Elysis joint venture distributed in the United States, Rio Tinto said.
The cans were manufactured at AB InBev's Metal Container Corporation facility in Jacksonville, Florida, using Elysis aluminium cast into sheet ingots at Rio Tinto's Laterri??re plant in Quebec, Canada.
Novelis also participated in the production of the cans as the cansheet rolling partner for the pilot.

"This is an exciting first step in our work with AB InBev to advance the transition toward more sustainable...

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