Aluminum's green future: Rio Tinto and Hydro unveil carbon-free and hydrogen-powered production plans

Rio Tinto and partners are establishing industrial-scale production of carbon-free aluminum smelting, while Hydro will pilot hydrogen-powered aluminum scrap remelting.

Rio Tinto will design, engineer and build a demonstration plant equipped with 10 pots at its Arvida smelter in Quebec, Canada, using the first technology license issued by the Elysis joint venture.