Welcome to the 2023 ALFED Business Briefing Thursday 30th November 2023 De Vere Tortworth Court Hotel, South Gloucestershire
Economic update from the Bank of England Malindi Myers
Agent for the South West, Bank of England
Monetary Policy Report – November 2023 Malindi Myers Agent for the South West 30th November 2023
South West Agency
Headlines
Global GDP growth continues to be subdued UK-weighted world four-quarter GDP growth
Global export price inflation has fallen significantly Quarterly change in export prices
GDP growth modest and below historic averages (Key judgement 1)
GDP growth is expected to be flat in 2023 H2, and ½% over 2023 as a whole
Some business surveys suggest economic activity will weaken in 2023 H2, but forward-looking measures are less pessimistic
GDP growth forecast based on market interest rate expectations
A resilient labour market and a fall in energy prices have supported an improvement in household real income growth
Labour market loosening and unemployment rising (Key judgement 2)
The labour market remains tight but has loosened since mid-2022
Unemployment rate expected to rise gradually towards 5% by late 2025.
Unemployment rate forecast based on market interest rate expectations
Annual private sector regular pay growth
Pay growth should come down as the labour market eases and inflation expectations come down
CPI inflation expected to come down as external cost pressures abate and economic slack opens up (Key judgement 3)
Inflation is expected to have fallen in October and to come down further in Q4
Consumer price inflation has fallen since last year’s peak and continues to fall
Oil prices have increased since August, but gas futures have not
Producer price inflation suggests cost pressures for goods are easing
Underlying services inflation has started to fall back slightly
CPI inflation forecast based on market interest rate expectations
Interest rates: policy Base Rate and market expectations
LME Aluminium Update Christian Mildner
Head of Corporate Sales, London Metal Exchange
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ALFED Business Briefing LME Aluminium update
Christian Mildner, Head of Corporate Sales 30 November 2023, De Vere Tortworth Court SETTING THE GLOBAL STANDARD
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Section
Title
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LME Trading Update
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LME Action Plan • Closing Price Methodology • New Trading Platform
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LME responsible sourcing and sustainability
LME Trading Update
LME average daily monthly volume Q4 continued the trend of higher volumes seen thus far in 2023 LME average daily monthly volume (Thousand lots per day) 700 600 500 400 300 200 100
LME Aluminium Data up to 31-Oct-23 6
LME Copper
LME Zinc
LME Nickel
LME Lead
LME Tin
Other
Oct-23
Sep-23
Aug-23
Jul-23
Jun-23
May-23
Apr-23
Mar-23
Feb-23
Jan-23
Dec-22
Nov-22
Oct-22
Sep-22
Aug-22
Jul-22
Jun-22
May-22
Apr-22
Mar-22
Feb-22
Jan-22
0
LME ferrous monthly volume Q3 volumes were +52% YoY; 2023 is already a record year for annual volumes LME ferrous monthly volume (Lots per day)
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
LME Steel Rebar
LME Steel HRC FOB China (Argus)
LME Steel HRC N. America (Platts)
LME Steel Scrap CFR India (Platts)
LME Steel Scrap CFR Taiwan (Argus)
Oct-23
Sep-23
Aug-23
Jul-23
Jun-23
May-23
Apr-23
Mar-23
Feb-23
Jan-23
Dec-22
Nov-22
Oct-22
Sep-22
LME Steel Scrap
Data up to 31-10-2023 Source: LME
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Aug-22
Jul-22
Jun-22
0
LME trading by venue – All metals Electronic volume continued to account for ~40% of overall volume in Q3 2023
800
45%
700
40% 35%
25% 400 20% 300
15%
200
10%
LME ADV Data up to 31-10-2023 Source LME. All metals and contracts, ex UNA trades.
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%age Electronic
Oct-23
Sep-23
Aug-23
Jul-23
Jun-23
May-23
Apr-23
Mar-23
Feb-23
Jan-23
Dec-22
Nov-22
Oct-22
0% Sep-22
0 Aug-22
5%
Jul-22
100
Percentage
30%
500
Jun-22
Lots per day (thousands)
600
LME Action Plan
LME: Strengthening the market In March 2023 the LME published its Action Plan to strengthen its market
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Additional VWAP Closing Price methodology Additional VWAPs at the front-of-curve where liquidity is sufficient Current methodology
Additional VWAP Closing Price methodology
3M 1st
VWAP
nd
Expert judgement1
2
All other prompts 1st
Last price with expert judgement
3M
Cash
M1
M2
M3
M4
1st
VWAP
2nd
TWAP
All other prompts 1st
Last price with expert judgement
LME forward curve
Cash 1.
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M1
M2
M3
Current VWAP M4 3M
Additional VWAPs
Where the 3M MVR is not met, for metals using the “current methodology” the waterfall then moves to last price with expert judgement. Where the 3M MVR is not met, for metals using the “Additional VWAP Closing Price Methodology” the waterfall then moves to a TWAP.
New trading platform functionality Q2 2024: What is being delivered? • New LMEselect v10 offering improved performance and GTC orders on all prompts • TAS on 3M for all metals • New web-based trading GUI, LMEtrader. Offering improved distribution – to Members and Clients • New LMEsource v4 market data platform for Ring, inter-office and electronic trading
2024+ Future functionality • Carry tick size adjustment • Additional implied pricing routes (chaining of spreads) • Functionality relating to an on-screen options market
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New trading platform: LMEselect v10 New market data distribution system: LMEsource v4 New trading GUI: LMEtrader
LME responsible sourcing and sustainability
LME responsible sourcing and sustainability initiatives Multi-dimensional covers credentials that cover more than one of Environmental, Social, or Governance
Environmental includes metrics, standards and certifications concerning the natural world, including GHG emissions and biodiversity
2019
2021
Introduction of responsible sourcing requirements
Contracts launched to support transition
2021
Sustainability at the LME
LMEpassport launch
2022 LME announces its net-zero commitments Governance contains metrics, standards and certifications relating to corporate structure, board composition, business ethics and anti-corruption 14
Social comprises all metrics, standards and certifications relating to human rights and equity, which include the LME responsible sourcing policy
2023 Producer profile, targets and sideby-side launch on LMEpassport
LMEpassport This platform stores and maintains essential provenance documents and information for traded metal, as well as showcasing a broad range of sustainability credentials LMEpassport is the electronic certificates of analysis (CoA) and digital credentials register from the London Metal Exchange. A key component of the LME’s sustainability strategy, LMEpassport is designed to provide participants with two key services: • A digital store for electronic CoAs of metal physically delivered into and out of the LME ecosystem, replacing the current paper-based model. • A facility for recording information related to metals’ sustainability.
https://www.lmepassport.com
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LMEpassport live sustainability disclosure https://www.lmepassport.com/#/public/live-sustainability-disclosures
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Raw materials and metal flows in a world of shifting trade policy Bruce Alway Director, Metals Research, LSEG
Macro and the outlook for aluminium demand and price Saida Litosh Lead Analyst, LSEG
Aluminium – trade flows, consumption and price outlook 30 November 2023
LSEG Research / ALFED Annual Business Briefing
Bruce Alway Raw Materials and Metal Flows in a World of Shifting Trade Policy Saida Litosh Macro Backdrop, Outlook for Demand and Prices
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Supply Chains Unravel KEY EVENTS Dec’21 – Indonesia confirms export ban to proceed as scheduled in June 2023 Feb’22 – Russia Invades Ukraine Mar’22 – Australia bans alumina and bauxite exports to Russia Mar’22 – UK +35% import duty on Aluminum/articles Jan’23 – China hikes export tariffs from 15% to 30% Mar’23 – US announces 200% import tariffs Jun’23 – Indonesia ban exports of bauxite Jul’23 – Aluminum and “upstream components of bauxite & alumina” added to EU Critical Raw Materials
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Bauxite Flows – Origin
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Bauxite Flows - Destination
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Freight Rates
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Bauxite Flows – major producers to top discharge locations
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Bauxite Flows – major producers to top discharge locations
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Bauxite Flows – major producers to top discharge locations
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Russian Aluminium has escaped sanctions, but raw materials have not – imports of Alumina (reverse flows)
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Russian exports of unwrought Aluminium and Alloy
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Exchange Stocks EXCHANGE STOCKS Although historically at very low levels – TOTAL LME stocks (reported on 23 Nov) at just over 470,000 tonnes are roughly 150,000 or 45% higher from the recent low in October 2022
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Aluminium Price and WBMS Market balance
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Global economy: resilient start to 2023, but weak outlook, with risks tilted to the downside and growing divergencies Global Manufacturing PMI vs. Aluminium Consumption and Price, Yoy % 120%
100%
80%
Yoy % change
60%
40%
20%
0%
-20%
-40%
Global PMI
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Price
Consumption
Ja n23
Ja n22
Ja n21
Ja n20
Ja n19
Ja n18
Ja n17
Ja n16
Ja n15
Ja n14
Ja n13
Ja n12
Ja n11
Ja n10
Ja n09
Ja n08
Ja n07
-60%
Global consumption is flat YTD; China growth vs. weakness in Europe and the US Global Primary Aluminium Consumption and Price 7000
3600 3200
6000
5000 2400 4000
2000
3000
1600 1200
2000 800 1000
400 0
Ja n20 M ar -2 0 M ay -2 0 Ju l-2 0 Se p20 N ov -2 0 Ja n21 M ar -2 1 M ay -2 1 Ju l-2 1 Se p21 N ov -2 1 Ja n22 M ar -2 2 M ay -2 2 Ju l-2 2 Se p22 N ov -2 2 Ja n23 M ar -2 3 M ay -2 3 Ju l-2 3 Se p23
0
Asia
16
Europe
America
Other
Global
Price (RHS)
Price $/t
Consumption (000 tonnes)
2800
China remains a key driver of global demand growth Global Aluminium Consumption by Major Regions
2023* Global Primary Aluminium Consumption by Region
45000 40000
1% China
35000
2021
000 tonnes
30000
2022
2023*
US
America 15000
Africa 10000
Oceania 5000 0
China
17
10% 7%
Europe
20000
* Jan-Sep data
3%
Asia
25000
0%
Europe
US
Japan
16%
63%
Aluminium is set to remain in surplus in 2023/24, before moving into more balanced market later in the forecast Aluminium Market Balances and Prices 3%
2900
Forecast Surplus 2700 2%
1%
2300
2100
0%
1900 -1% 1700
Deficit -2%
1500 2020
2021
2022
2023
Market balance (% of annual production)
18
2024
2025
LME 3 month $/t (RHS)
2026
Price $/t
Market balance (%)
2500
Thank you Contact details: bruce.alway@lseg.com saida.litosh@lseg.com
An outlook for aluminium in 2024: What to look out for Paul Williams
Head of Aluminium, CRU
Primary Aluminium Market Outlook – the year ahead Paul Williams Head of Aluminium +44 207 9032204 paul.williams@crugroup.com
November 2023
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CRU Aluminum: Expertise across three continents
Guillaume Osouf Kaustubh Head of Prices Chandorkar Development Head of N America, Aluminum
Joseph Cherrez Senior Analyst
Zaid Aljanabi Principal Analyst
Min Wang Senior Analyst
Deborah Idowu Analyst
Ross Strachan Lead Analyst, Primary & Recycled Metal
Tiantian Zheng Senior Analyst
Steve Williamson Matthew Abrams Research Manager Analyst
Alexey Pavlov Senior Analyst
Marziyeh Horeh Analyst
Ravindra Panwar Research Analyst
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What we will discuss today
What has transpired for the price in 2023?
Issues impacting market
Demand outlook
Russian trade flows and price outlook
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LME 3-month price has mostly “flatlined” since late 2022 despite weak demand LME aluminium 3-month price, $/t 3,900
2022 daily low: $2103 /t 2023 daily low (to date): $2123 /t
3,700 3,500 3,300 3,100
China’s post covid optimism
2,900
Demand reality weighs
2,700 2,500 2,300 2,100 1,900 Jan-21 Mar-21 May-21 Jul-21
China story steadies market Sep-21 Nov-21 Jan-22 Mar-22 May-22
Jul-22
Sep-22 Nov-22 Jan-23 Mar-23 May-23 Jul-23
Sep-23 Nov-23
DATA: LME
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Issues impacting the primary market: Weak demand but stocks not building up
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Surplus market but low inventories • Ex. China Aluminium market in surplus due to demand contraction • But China sucking in surplus primary metal – especially Russian primary • Stock levels still relatively low – especially in China and LME stocks low • Primary production growth muted and Yunnan power shortages impacting in China Sanctions still hang over Russian metal • US tariffs and self sanctioning moving Rusal eastwards • European metal ban still pushed – would lead to further major shits in trade flows • Russian metal is 80% of all LME reported on-warrant stock Demand weakness has really been prolonged and extensive in key regions • Inflation and higher interest rates has bitten demand and consumer spending • Economic shift back to services and away from manufacturing post Covid has hurt • Inventory overhang in supply chain has led to extensive destocking in 2023
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World ex. China: Weak primary demand – levels will not pick up until late 2024 World ex. China aluminium consumption, y/y % change
• Demand will remain weak for a couple more quarters at least.
6% 4% 2%
4.5% 3.3%
full year, 2.3%
2.9%
3.7%
2.1% 1.1%
0% -2%
-0.1%
-0.7%
-0.3%
full year, -1.1% -3.7%
-4%
full year, -3.3%
-6% -8% -10%
• Y/Y growth only because of the very low base. Demand LEVELS will remain weak for next few quarters • European demand has been very weak – down 8.3% in 2023 • B&C has collapsed • Packaging soft • Industrials down sharply also • Transport – a bright spot but slowing
-10.3% -10.2%
• Downside risks still outweigh for 2024
-12% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2022 2022 2022 2022 2023 2023 2023 2023 2024 2024 2024 2024
• India is a bright spot for primary demand and will grow ~20% this year
DATA: CRU, Associations
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European extrusions: meaningful recovery will likely only come in 2025 – same for UK 1. We now expect a flat 2024 in Europe and a recovery thereafter y/y growth
25%
2. Transport and electrical will continue to drive growth. 22-23 growth
23-24 growth
24-25 growth
Building (48%)
20% 15%
Transport (24%)
10% 5%
Machining (13%)
0% -5%
Electrical (6%)
-10% -15% -20%
Total
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
-30% -25% -20% -15% -10% -5%
0%
5% 10% 15% 20%
DATA: CRU, European Aluminium. (CRU forecasts)
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Slowdown in European FRP demand in 2023 with moderate pick up only in 2024 Longer term demand to be driven by transport sector, beverage cans and foil Other Electrical
Consumer durables
Foil
Packaging exl can stock
Machinery
Transport
Construction
Can stock
+2,2%
5.435
2022
Transport the only sector to grow y/y in 2023
+6,5%
-8,2% kt
stock
5.428
4.989
5.099
2023
2024
We forecast an 8% y/y reduction in European FRP consumption in 2023 with modest 2.2 y/y growth projected for 2024. •Weak B&C •Weak packaging also. •Auto is up in 2023 however •Longer-term, foil and can stock as well as transport remain the main growth engines •UK similar trends on can sheet and auto demand in 2023 as in rest of Europe.
DATA: CRU, European Aluminium (CRU forecasts)
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Balance: Global surplus 2023 but exports to China limit stock builds outside China 000s t
2023
2024
400 200 0 -200 -400 -600 -800 -1,000 -1,200 -1,400
World balance
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China balance
Ex. China balance
China net exports
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LME 3M price forecast: Decline in 2024 but Chinese price strength supports • 2023 price expected to average $2286/t
2500 2435 2400
2400 2358 2345
2300
• This time last year at this briefing CRU’s forecast for this year was $2167/t for 2023
2340 2300
2281
• 2024 average price forecast: $2310/t
2230 2200
2200 2200
2100
• Upside risk: Yunnan production – hydro power remains a major issue • Downside risk: no improvement in demand ex. China – will take price lower but that could trigger more cuts.
2000 Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2023 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2024
DATA: CRU, LME
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Takeaways
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Demand remains weak for next couple of quarters but late 2024 is turning point. UK faces another difficult year in 2024
Primary production issues in China due to power. supported primary net imports into China of ~1.2 Mt. price has stayed above $2200 /t
This has Hence LME
LME to stay around $2200 /t - $2300 /t over next 6 months. Will rise in H2 2024 and beyond. DATA: CRU
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Please address questions to:
Paul Williams Head of Aluminium +44 20 7903 2204 Paul.williams@crugroup.com
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ALFED ESG Training Update Lord Rupert Redesdale
Rupert Redesdale 30 years in Parliament Helped write legislation in this area
What is ESGc? Why can’t we just go to lunch? Because it’s important
Definition of ESGc • ESG stands for • Environmental • Social • Governance. • The c stands for Carbon
Why should I care? • ESG is a set of unregulated standards that measure the impact a business has on the environment and society, and the accountability it takes for this impact. • Companies that can show they have ESG policies will benefit from greater customer and investor confidence. • Companies that don’t have ESGc policies face reputational risk and potentially loss of business and investment.
Still thinking about lunch? • Will there be choccy pudding? • Must make the killer argument.
Procurement • Companies are asking for detailed ESG policies in procurement contracts. • If you don’t have the policies to hand then time and effort will be needed to create and formulate policy. • How do you produce adequate policies that and who has the skillset to write them? • Will you loose business or investment without detailed policies?
Alfed ESGc officer •Alfed has created the ALFED ESGc Officer course and register. • The course will train an employee, or more than one, to be able to compile all the ESGc policies a company will need. • The course will cover the roughly 90 main topics through 25 hours of learning. • The entire course is podcast. • The learners will on completion of the course and an end of course interview, be listed as an ALFED ESGc officer.
How will this help a company? • The ESGc officer will be able using the training and policy templates create all required ESGc policies. • This will allow companies to make sure they have policies that protect the environment, reduce risk of activities impacting negatively on society and through the carbon element (c) address Climate Change. • The companies can through a risk register provided, bring all the policies together and make sure they are signed off by the executive or Board of the company and kept up to date.
Why train your staff? • Your company will be asked for this information. • Having comprehensive ESGc policies is ethically important for your shareholders, your company and your employees. • You can ask your supply chain the right questions • Having all the policies in one place signed off by the executive Board will save time and money
Cost and what you get • £480 per person Alfed members get to train a second employee for free • The Course is over 25 hours learning all of which is Podacst and CPD • Includes Templates for policies covering all ESGc topics • A risk register • Those trained will be on the Alfed and ESGc register • All learners will be included on regular seminar and webinar invitee list to update skills and talk to other company ESGc officers.
Thank You
Q&A
CBAM’s importance for the global aluminium industry How CBAM in its current and future forms could affect the trading relationship between UK exporters and the EU
Gabriel Rozenberg Cbamboo
An introduction to CBAM and its implications for the aluminium industry
Aluminium Federation, 30 November 2023
Gabriel Rozenberg CEO, Cbamboo Cbamboo
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Gabriel Rozenberg
Cbamboo
Founded Cbamboo in May 2023. Previously worked in investment management and financial journalism
The operating system for the world’s carbon border taxes
CEO, Cbamboo
Cbamboo
Software platform for CBAM compliance and data, launching January 2024
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1 Jan 3
Europe’s biggest ever carbon law A revolution in trade and supply chains A hugely complicated tax
Cbamboo
M A CB
EU producers today get free allowances against ETS
Cbamboo
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The EU is phasing these out – creating a risk of ‘carbon leakage’
Cbamboo
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CBAM levels the playing field on carbon prices
Cbamboo
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And it’s a model for carbon price regimes everywhere
Cbamboo
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Thousands of EU businesses must now comply… Every day: 30,000 tonnes of aluminium 30,000 tonnes of cement 50,000 tonnes of fertiliser 210,000 tonnes of iron and steel
Cbamboo
Imported by:
✈ Aerospace & defence
Automotive
Chemicals
Construction
Consumer
Energy
Engineering
Forestry
Manufacturing
Metals & mining
Paper & packaging
Pharma & life science
Power & utilities
Retail
Technology
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… with the world’s most complex tax
Compliance
Cbamboo
Report on your company
Report on your sales and purchases
Report on your suppliers, and their suppliers, down to the specific factory, for each product imported
Corporation Tax
VAT
CBAM
CSRD
EU ETS
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CBAM in a nutshell Non-EU Manufacturer / Distributor
Assess production process and relevant calculation methods. Monitor emissions
Attribute emissions to production processes and then goods
EU Reporting Declarant
Collect data on precursor emissions and add these to your own emissions
Report on the specific embedded emissions of your CBAM goods
Share the CBAM emissions report with EU customer, for all installations & goods
Determine the scope of goods covered by CBAM
Identify all the parameters you need to report on
Receive CBAM data from suppliers
Collect data on carbon price due in third country
Definitive period Create CBAM reports and file with National Authority
Cbamboo
Contact your suppliers and request CBAM data
Jan 2026: purchase CBAM certificates in proportion to embedded CO2e
1 0
From 2026, CBAM becomes a financial responsibility Product volume imported from China
Embedded Direct1 emissions
CBAM price (Average of weekly ETS)
Carbon price paid at origin
500 tonnes of aluminium
3 tonnes of CO2e per tonne
€85 per tonne of CO2e
€8 per tonne of CO2e
CBAM Cost
€115 500
Product Cost (at €2 000 per tonne) Cost increase % Cbamboo
€1 000 000 11.6%
1. As the regulation stands today, CBAM tax will only cover direct emissions for aluminium
Note: CBAM costs will be phased in progressively from 2026 (2.5% of total) to 2034 (100% of total)
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CBAM charge is phased in over nine years
Cbamboo
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Scope of CBAM – Aluminium industry Aggregated goods category
CN Code
Product and description
Unwrought aluminium Aluminium products
7601 7603 7604 7605 7606 7607
Unwrought aluminium Aluminium powders and flakes Aluminium bars, rods and profiles Aluminium wire Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm Aluminium foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paper-board, plastics or similar backing materials) of a
7608 7609 00 00 7610
Aluminium tubes and pipes Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves) Aluminium structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures (for
thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0,2 mm
example, bridges and bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, balustrades, pillars and columns); aluminium plates, rods, profiles, tubes and
the like, prepared for use in structures
Cbamboo
7611 00 00
7611 00 00 – Aluminium reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other
7612
7612 – Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or
7613 00 00 7614
7613 00 00 – Aluminium containers for compressed or liquefied gas 7614 – Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically insulated
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7616 – Other articles of aluminium
than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment
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New obligations for non-EU aluminium producers What is in scope and not in scope of CBAM reporting obligations?
System boundaries: embedded emissions of basic aluminium products
Unwrought aluminium – primary smelting Alumina
Electricity
Pre-baked anodes
Primary smelting
Unformed aluminium
Anode paste (Søderberg route)
Optional: fuels
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CO2
PFCs
CF4 and C2F6
Input
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New obligations for non-EU aluminium producers What is in scope and not in scope of CBAM reporting obligations?
Unwrought aluminium – secondary melting
System boundaries: embedded emissions of aluminium (secondary smelting)
Aluminium scrap
Fuels
Secondary production (re-melting)
Unformed aluminium
CO2
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CBAM good
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New obligations for non-EU aluminium producers What is in scope and not in scope of CBAM reporting obligations?
System boundaries: embedded emissions of basic aluminium products
Aluminium products production process
Unformed aluminium
Forming steps
(alloying, casting, extrusion, rolling, etc)
Basic aluminium products
Fuels
CO2
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Monitoring and reporting obligations for aluminium producers
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Figure 7-16, CBAM Guidance for Installation Operators, European Commission
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To send data to importers, you can use the EU’s Excel template (Other user-friendly systems are also available…)
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What must EU aluminium importers do? Transitional period Oct 2023 to December 2025
Definitive period January 2026 onwards
- Collect the data you need to submit the first report, using default values where required.
- Continue monitoring your CBAM imports and submit the reports yearly.
- Communicate with your suppliers to obtain their emissions data as soon as possible. - Analyse your supplier’s carbon risk to change your procurement strategy and/or renegotiate contracts in advance of tax implementation.
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- Monitor regulatory updates, as product scope will be broadened. - Financially plan your CBAM certificate purchases to minimise impact on working capital. - Optimise your procurement strategy to use less emissions intensive suppliers and lower your tax bill. 19
Key facts Scope ❖
Aluminium producers must report on both direct and indirect embedded emissions in the Transitional Period.
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But the CBAM charge will only apply to direct emissions
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Commission hopes to include indirect emissions “as soon as possible”
Aluminium scrap ❖
No CBAM charge applies to scrap
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However, installation operators must measure the tonnes of scrap used and the percentage that is pre-consumer scrap
Timeline ❖
Full data on supplier emissions is mandatory from July 2024
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Limited data from suppliers (ie location of installations) will be required from the first report
Thresholds and fines ❖
The threshold for CBAM declarations is just €150
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Fines are €10-€50 per tCO2e of unreported emissions
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UK CBAM: ready, or not? Treasury plans a UK CBAM in 2026
MARCH
“The changes proposed by the UK government are the furthest reaching carbon leakage measure proposed by any country to date. … will go beyond the EU’s own proposed measures” – Redshaw Advisors
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But deadlines are missed…
…as divergent prices store up trouble for UK plc
NOVEMBER
30 Nov: EUA €70.8 vs UKA €48.2
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The long-term opportunity for global aluminium
Carbon anode consumption + anode effects
Source: Net Zero by 2050: Science-based decarbonisation pathways for the European aluminium industry, European Aluminium, November 2023
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CBAM will reward capex for green breakthroughs
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CIM Magazine, 15/6/23. FT, 29/11/23
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Thank you! Contact: Gabriel Rozenberg, CEO gabriel@cbamboo.com
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Update on carbon leakage David Jenkins
Senior Policy Advisor Low Carbon Projects Team
Autumn Statement • The Government has made permanent the tax breaks for investment. Under the measures, companies can deduct 100% of the cost of investments in machinery from profits – effectively giving back 25p for every pound invested. • Announcement of the £960m Green Industries Growth Accelerator, alongside more than £2bn for the automotive sector, and £975m for the aerospace sector. All this to support development of low carbon technology and boosting green supply chains. • Extension of Climate Change Agreements (CCAs), providing around £300m tax relief annually to industry for meeting energy efficiency targets. The extension starts in 2025 for a 6 year period. • Various simplifications to R&D tax relief will qualify more SMEs for relief. • Joint action plan with Ofgem to drastically reduce the time it takes viable projects to connect to the electricity grid. Carbon leakage consultation: an overview OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE
Addressing carbon leakage risk to support decarbonisation November 2023
Carbon leakage consultation: an overview OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE
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Background On 30 March 2023, the UK Government launched a consultation to explore domestic measures to mitigate future carbon leakage risk. We aim to publish the government response soon which will set out further policy details. •
Carbon leakage refers to the movement of production and associated emissions from one country to another due to different levels of decarbonisation effort through carbon pricing and climate regulation. As a result of carbon leakage, the objective of decarbonisation efforts – to reduce global emissions – would be undermined.
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The UK is prioritising working with international partners to address carbon leakage
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However, this will take time, so we are also considering domestic policies to ensure UK efforts lead to a true reduction in global emissions.
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The government is therefore exploring a package of potential measures to mitigate carbon leakage risk at all stages of the UK's net zero transition.
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‘Demand-side policies’ could also be used to grow demand for low carbon products, supporting domestic and international decarbonisation.
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Consultation online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/addressing-carbon-leakagerisk-to-support-decarbonisation
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Carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) A carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) could be applied to imports to ensure they are subject to a comparable carbon price, with respect to their emissions, to that incurred by UKbased production subject to the UK ETS and considered at risk of carbon leakage. The proposals for potential UK CBAM are owned in the UK by HM Treasury, and we therefore wont discuss them beyond the info on this slide.
minus Effective UK carbon price
Key policy questions
Imported emissions
Effective carbon price already incurred
UK CBAM price
CBAM liability
Sectoral targeting
Which sectors and which products could and should be in scope?
Emissions scope
Which emissions could be and should be in scope?
Emissions measurement
How are emissions measured? Verification and default values.
Implementation
How and when could and should polices be implemented?
Price measurement
How could and should a potential UK CBAM liability4 be calculated?
UK Carbon Leakage & emissions reporting
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Product standards - objectives Product standards could be used to: • Help mitigate the risk of carbon leakage • Voluntary product standards could support this by enabling domestic producers to charge a ‘green premium’ to consumers willing to pay more for a lower carbon good • Mandatory products standards could support this by blocking the highest carbon imports • Support businesses to decarbonise by increasing confidence in the profitability of decarbonisation • Voluntary product standards could support this by providing benchmarks and a uniform approach to comparing products by emissions intensity, helping to define ‘lower’ and ‘higher’ carbon products • Mandatory product standards could support this by narrowing the range of goods on the market, and possibly setting a timetable for major technological changes
Scope and Targeting • Initially we are proposing that standards could be aimed at intermediate industrial products (such a bar of steel), and account for ‘cradle to gate’ emissions. • Once established, there would potential to expand the policy either to cover (i) later stages in the supply chain, (ii) downstream, ‘to grave’ emissions, or both. 5
Carbon leakage consultation: an overview OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE
Products standards, continued • Products standards could support a system for product labelling. This could further support consumers to make greener choices, further driving demand for low carbon products. • Officials are considering options for different models of benchmarking schemes which could used for setting Voluntary Product Standards (VPS). VPS could then be used as the basis for other policies such as product labelling, or Mandatory Product Standards.
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Carbon leakage consultation: an overview OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE
Embodied emissions reporting Standardised embodied emission reporting for products could support: • implementation of carbon leakage mitigation policies • policies to grow the market for low carbon products UK CBAM would require mandatory reporting requirements. Demand-side policies could be progressed on the basis of the same reporting system for any CBAM taken forward, or be based on a voluntary reporting system. A key consideration is to minimise and consolidate burdens on business, including by making requirements streamlined and non-duplicative as far as possible. This also presents an opportunity for UK government to play a role in driving reporting standardisation, support comparability of products, and introduce clarity into the embodied emissions reporting space. “[Government should] Commit to establishing a national carbon accounting framework for industry with Government providing steer to simplify and strengthen carbon accounting practices across industry.” Energy Systems Catapult, 2022
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Consultation reporting proposals Option 1: Attribute installation level emissions data to products This could build on the existing UK ETS emissions reporting framework, but If Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions data are required, it may be necessary to include additional sources. The government is considering the quality of data that may be derived from this method. Option 2: Product Life Cycle Assessments This option would set out a standardised LCA methodology for eligible products (specific methodologies are considered in the consultation). UK businesses and importers would be responsible for providing independently verified LCAs, in line with rules set out in the methodology.
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Research on Data quality of Whole Life Carbon Assessments in construction In support of this work, and wider UK decarbonisation objectives, UK government is commissioning research on data quality of product level embodied emissions assessments. This project will compare the methodology, outputs and data quality of different Life Cycle Assessment methodologies and standards widely used for construction products, particularly steel, cement and concrete. Project outputs: • Comparison of methodologies EPDs (including EN 15804), the newly developed EU CBAM methodology, and the GHG Protocol. • Tool to enable users to produce LCA reports using the different methodologies based on the same inputs. • Benchmark input data and steel/cement/concrete product data will be produced to plot on
See: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032476-2023
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The global aluminium industry’s sustainability journey – plans and progress Miles Prosser
Secretary General, International Aluminium Institute
The Aluminium Industry’s Progress on Sustainability Miles PROSSER Secretary General, International Aluminium Institute
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The IAI… Members of the IAI are companies engaged in the production of bauxite, alumina and aluminium, the recycling of aluminium and/or fabrication of aluminium, or as joint venture partners.
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) is the only body representing the global primary aluminium industry.
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Current IAI membership represents all major regions of global bauxite, alumina and aluminium production.
Founded in 1972, the IAI has been key to bringing the industry together on shared purpose over the past 50 years.
Aluminium contributes to a sustainable economy RENEWABLE ENERGY
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TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES
THE MOST RECYCLED DRINK CONTAINER
Aluminium and the UN SDGs § Aluminium and aluminium production; § Positive and negative impacts; § All 17 Sustainable Development Goals; § Case studies.
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Aluminium’s contribution to the UN SDGs
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Aluminium’s six key sustainability issues
Climate change
Emissions & Waste
Circularity
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Biodiversity
Water
People
Progress for each key sustainability issue
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People
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Greenhouse Gas Trajectories 2000
Aluminium Sector (million tonnes CO2e) – 2021 Update
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1182 1020
1175
1000
1095
810
500 0 2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
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B2Ds
IAI GHG Pathways to 2050 (IAI, 2021), IAI Statistic (IAI, 2022)
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2030 1.5DS
1285 840 340 2035 BAU
1426
640 200 2040
1512
1556
B2DS
440 120 2045
BAU
250 53 2050
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Greenhouse Gas Pathways
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Early tracking… 2000
Aluminium Sector (million tonnes CO2e) – 2021 Update
1500
1182 1020
1175
1000
1095
810
500 0 2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Historical
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IAI GHG Pathways to 2050 (IAI, 2021), IAI Statistic (IAI, 2022)
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2030 1.5DS
1285 840 340 2035 BAU
1426
640 200 2040
1512
1556
B2DS
440 120 2045
BAU
250 53 2050
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GHG emissions reduction in the global aluminium industry
Electricity Decarbonisation Direct Emissions Recycling & Resource Efficiency
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Summary The aluminium industry’s sustainability journey…
Aluminium will benefit from an increased focus on sustainability. 11
Climate change is the key issue but we must not overlook other aspects of sustainability.
We must continually work to demonstrate progress on all sustainability issues.
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Meet the Aluminium Ambassadors Rob Bennett
Bloodhound Education
Aluminium Ambassador Programme
Aluminium Ambassador Programme • Train and equip industry role models to engage with schools • Careers talks and hands-on workshops • Showcasing careers in a leading sustainable industry
Training – on-line and face to face
Workshop resources
Interactive Presentation
Willenhall Primary School, Coventry - 8 Nov
Learning about aluminium
Using equipment & developing new skills
Meeting industry professionals
Teacher feedback “An excellent opportunity for the children to extend their knowledge of the working world and raise aspiration.” “The children were able to develop their understanding of testing, analysis and evaluation.” “A great practical experience to develop group work, problem solving and language skills.”
Feedback from 60 Year 6 pupils • 100% responded they had fun and learned something new • 99% responded they know more about what an engineer does. • 100 responded they enjoyed making and building the car. • 90% responded they were now more interested in engineering. • Words used to describe the event:Fun / engineering / exciting / aluminium/ informative / amazing /
Ambassador feedback “I thoroughly enjoyed delivering the workshop and looking forward to taking this into another school.” “ I learnt a huge amount about how to present it and how it can be adapted to suit different age ranges.”
To sign up to the ambassador programme: Contact Nadine at E: n.bloxsome@Alfed.org.uk Or Kirsty.allpress@bloodhoundeducation.com
Using Recycled Aluminium Charlie Turner Penrhos Spirits
Why Penrhos was created Kate
Harriet
Sally
Dickie Charlie
introducing ‘connie’ our copper still
our journey into glass
Why we moved to recycled aluminium
Where we are now
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