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Apple to Buy Its First Large Batch of Carbon Free Aluminium for iPhone SE

Apple to Buy Its First Large Batch of Carbon-Free Aluminium for iPhone SE

The iPhone maker has been taking steps to reduce its use of the carbon-intensive metal.

By Reuters | Updated: 24 March 2022 18:00 IST

Apple to Buy Its First Large Batch of Carbon-Free Aluminium for iPhone SE

Apple will buy its first industrial-size batch of carbon-free aluminum to use in its low-cost iPhone SE

Highlights

Elysis had originally planned to commercialise its technology
Details about the size or cost of the purchase were not disclosed
A ceramic anode is used to make aluminium and emits only oxygen

Apple said on Thursday it will buy its first industrial-size batch of carbon-free aluminum tio use in its low-cost iPhone SE, as it steps up efforts to reduce carbon footprint from the metal it uses heavily in product casings.

Details about the size or cost of the purchase were not disclosed.

The iPhone maker has been taking steps to reduce its use of the carbon-intensive metal that emits direct greenhouse gases from the smelting process and has spiked consumer, activist, and investor dissent due to its environmental impact.

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Apple first bought a smaller batch of the lab-made metal in 2019 from Elysis, a Montreal-based joint venture between two of the world's biggest aluminium suppliers - Alcoa and Rio Tinto. It had used the metal in its 16-inch MacBook Pro.

Elysis had originally planned to commercialise its technology, which uses a ceramic anode to make aluminium and emits only oxygen, by 2024.

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