Rio Tinto aluminium chief Jerome Pecresse says demand for low-carbon aluminium is growing and will protect Australia’s taxpayer-supported smelters against a looming supply surge from new Indonesian competitors.
As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to tell the United Nations climate summit about his government’s $4.8 billion spend on clean energy for domestic aluminium smelters, Indonesia’s coal-fired aluminium sector is planning to grow production six-fold over the next four years.
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