The Aluminium Task Force recently released the APP Benchmarking and Measurement Project 2008 report - which establishes benchmarking indicators for Aluminium Task Force projects as part of project ATF-06-01 - and four documents related to its Bauxite Residue project, ATF-06-03, which specify priority research areas, analyze bauxite residue chemistry, review current management practices, and outline re-use options for bauxite residue.
The 6th Aluminium Task Force Meeting will be held in Vancouver, Canada on 22 March 2010, in conjunction with Globe 2010. More information to follow.
The Aluminum Task Force held its Fifth Task Force meeting in Sanya, China, on 4 December 2008. The meeting was held in conjunction with the 2008 China Aluminum Forum.
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Aluminium Task Force
Chair: Australia
Co-Chair: United States of America
Action Plan - Adobe PDF format
Asia-Pacific Partners account for 52 percent of the world's aluminium production. The aluminium industry is one of the fastest growing sectors, with rapid growth in developing countries.
The industry can make further improvements in environmental performance, while reducing costs, through best practice use of existing equipment (in particular perfluorocarbons (PFC) emissions management), increased uptake of best available and affordable technology (including improved instrumentation), the continued development and deployment of new technologies, and by increasing levels of recycling. Through the Partnership, countries can advance industries towards global PFC reduction objectives and address energy efficiency and other CO2 process emissions by promoting best practice performance, increasing technical support and identifying impediments to deployment of best available and affordable technology.
Objectives
- Enhance current aluminium production processes through uptake of best - practice use of existing equipment.
- Advance the development and deployment of new best practice aluminium production process and technologies across Partnership economies.
- Enhance sector-related data, including recycling and performance.
- Facilitate increased aluminium recycling rates across the Partnership.