14 JANUARY 2026AlCircle.com
Role of energy prices 2025 and outlook in aluminium’s next 25 years, considering three likely distinct scenarios
Edited by : Pratyusha Chatterjee
7 min read
Call it destiny or plain arithmetic, aluminium’s decarbonisation story now hinges on energy prices. The Hall-Héroult smelting process is evidently electricity-intensive, so swings in oil, gas, coal and (crucially) electricity prices feed directly into producers’ margins, and definitely into the calculus for switching smelters to renewables or cleaner fuels.
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