Hydro invests in metal recycling plant at Hoyanger

Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro has invested 240mn kroner ($21.8mn) in a new recycling facility alongside its primary aluminium smelter in Hoyanger, Norway.

The recycling plant will process 36,000 t/yr of post-consumer aluminium scrap, as Hydro moves towards its 2030 target of reducing its emissions by 30pc compared with 2018 levels.

The new facility will process scrap metal from vehicles, building facades, furniture, packaging and other consumer goods, which will be mixed with primary metal made with renewable hydropower at the Hoyanger plant.

Among Hydro's low-carbon aluminium products is the Circal brand of aluminium, which is made with 75pc recycled content, and the Reduxa brand, which is made with renewable energy and generates emissions of less than 4kg CO2/kg aluminium produced. They are key to the company's emission reduction targets and ultimately reaching net zero by 2050.

"Recycling is the fastest way to zero. With this new facility, we deliver on our strategy to increase recycling capacity in our efforts to decarbonise our own production processes and make products that the world needs for the green transition," the executive vice-president of Hydro's aluminium metal business, Eivind Kallevik, said.

By Jethro Wookey