Calculate Embedded Emissions for Unwrought Aluminium (HS7601)

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Payable emissions (tCO₂e/t)

Total CBAM Cost (€)

Notes:
There may be a difference when calculating the price with respect to import volume, carbon price, and benchmark emissions, as the embedded formula may result in minor variations due to decimal rounding. Therefore, the actual value may vary.

CBAM is applicable to trade volumes starting from 50 metric tonnes. For trade volumes below 50 metric tonnes, CBAM does not apply.

Usage Procedure – How to use the CBAM Calculator Sheet

Enter or update values only in the INPUT
PARAMETERS section (Highlighted in blue) , including
the carbon price, benchmark emissions, CBAM
chargeable percentage (as per the phase-in year),
and imported quantity.

The system will automatically calculate the payable
emissions and the total CBAM cost (€) based on the
inputs provided.

Notes:
• Change any input value to automatically update CBAM cost.
• Formula used: Carbon price × payable emissions × quantity.
• Model aligned with CBAM supplier-side illustrative methodology.

11 SEPTEMBER 2020 AL CIRCLE

LAlumina LLC laying off more than 300 employees and seeking new buyer for the facility

EDITED BY : DEBANJALI SENGUPTA 2MINS READ

According to a recent report, LAlumina LLC is close to the process of employee retrenchment due to the continued economic challenge, as was announced months ago. The news came after former acting plant manager Peter Odgers said the process of laying off more than 300 employees is nearly completed. His last day at work was on August 28, and now only a skeleton crew remains to maintain the 2,500-crore complex’s mine waste ponds, known as red mud lakes or red mud ponds.

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As per the report, company officials are looking for a possible buyer for the facility, which has been in Ascension Parish since the 1950s and has one of the largest, deep water terminals on the lower Mississippi River.

But local economic development and state regulators seem to have no knowledge regarding the latest affair. Gabriel Henn, a top company official also returned repeated calls for comment.

The future of the red mud lakes that are inextricably tied to the alumina plant’s fortunes also remains an open question. They have been the source of dust complaints for years from nearby residents and even had a leak in recent years. State regulatory records show one of the two options is on the table: to implement a long-term closure plan that is woefully underfunded or to reopen and continue to dump red mud waste.

This red mud, a byproduct of the alumina production process, is what is left after bauxite is shipped from South America, Australia and Africa, and extracted of its alumina. More than two pounds of the waste are created for every pound of alumina extracted.

Three months after LAlumina told state officials about its plans to lay off its employees, the company had applied for the renewal of its 10-year solid waste permit to continue dumping the red mud waste.

If granted, the renewal will allow the company or whoever buys the operation to continue piling up the dusty material, so it reaches well above the pond’s containment levees at some point more than two decades away.

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