Pilot starts production

Today, Hydro started producing the first aluminium metal at the technology pilot in Karmøy, marking the start of verifying at an industrial scale the world’s most climate-and energy efficient aluminium technology. “We’re now producing aluminium in the technology pilot, and we are very excited that we can now start to use this technology at an industrial scale,” says Hilde Merete Aasheim, Executive Vice President for Hydro’s Primary Metal business area. Compared to the world average, the Hydro-developed technology will use 15 percent less energy in aluminium production and has the lowest CO2 footprint in the world. The low energy consumption,…