On Tuesday, April 19, Logan Aluminum had been successfully certified against the ASI Performance Standard for responsible aluminum production, sourcing, and stewardship by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). Logan Aluminum's facility in Russellville, Kentucky, has received ASI Performance Standard Certification for remelting, recycling, casting, hot mill rolling, cold mill rolling, and coil finishing activities.
“Logan Aluminum is committed to advancing sustainability, not only within our own manufacturing processes, but also throughout the larger supply chains by improving circularity and environmental stewardship. To that end, we joined the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, along with a number of our valued customers and industry peers. Our achievement of ASI Performance Standard Certification is an important milestone of our sustainability journey that underscores our drive to foster responsible production and sourcing of aluminum and contributing to the critical demand for sustainable aluminum products,” said Van Mitchell, Business Unit Manager.
Logan Aluminum manufactures aluminium sheet products for the beverage can and automobile industries, using discarded beverage cans and other light gauge or thin aluminium waste as feedstock. The Russellville, Kentucky mill is the world's biggest single can sheeting operation, supplying over half of the North American can market.
The ASI Certification Programme is the first voluntary sustainability standard project for the aluminium value chain. Under the three sustainability pillars of Governance, Environment, and Social, it lays forth 59 criteria that address critical concerns. These concerns include biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples' rights, and greenhouse gas emissions.
“ASI congratulates Logan Aluminum on achieving Performance Standard Certification for its rolling operation in Kentucky, USA. This plant is an important node in the circular economy of the North American market, with the capacity to recycle more than 340,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap and produce over 900,000 tonnes of new rolled aluminium products annually. We are pleased to see ASI Members collaborating to show sustainability leadership in the industry by achieving ASI Certification at key joint-venture operations, such as this,” said Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI.
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