Aluminium Association calls for immediate action on Bipartisan Permitting Reform

Johnson, president & CEO of the Aluminium Association, issued the following statement calling for action on the bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act:

“America needs aluminium. As demand for this essential material continues to grow, we need common sense permitting reform to ensure that we can responsibly build out American both primary and recycled aluminium production. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act represents an important opportunity to modernise our outdated permitting system, accelerate critical energy and infrastructure projects, and provide the certainty businesses need to invest in America.

We applaud Senators Lee, Heinrich, Capito and Whitehouse for their leadership in advancing this commonsense legislation. Through our “America Needs Aluminium” campaign, we've made clear that meeting our nation's growing demand for aluminium requires an all-of-the-above approach — expanding domestic primary production, investing in recycling and strengthening our energy infrastructure. Congress must seize this bipartisan opportunity and enact meaningful permitting reform in this Congress. America cannot afford to wait.”

In September, the Aluminium Association launched “America Needs Aluminium,” a new public awareness and advocacy campaign highlighting aluminium’s essential role in the U.S. economy and calling for policies that help America make, recycle and build more with this critical material.

With global aluminium demand projected to grow roughly 80 per cent by 2050, the United States currently produces less than 20 per cent of the primary aluminium it uses each year. Meeting that demand domestically would require building 5 to 6 new greenfield aluminium smelters. At the same time, recycled aluminium is a growing part of the domestic supply picture, accounting for around 85 per cent of American aluminium production today. The U.S. aluminium industry has invested more than USD 11 billion – largely in mid-and-downstream production and recycling – over the past decade.

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