Alspec, Alspex, and Rio Tinto have recently come together to enhance a closed-loop aluminium recycling programme, aimed at supporting local industry with raw materials, help them reduce emissions, and strengthen low-carbon supply chain in Queensland. The initiative is called 20-13 as the aluminium content in the final product is supposed to be a minimum of 20 per cent.
As part of the initiative, all the aluminium scrap generated from Alspec and Alspex would be collected and sent to Rio Tinto’s Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) in Gladstone for the manufacture of aluminium billets with 20 per cent recycled content. These converted billets would then be destined to Alspex for being extruded into new aluminium profiles, and finally transported to local manufacturers for making windows, doors, and other aluminium-based products.