Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest ‘premium aluminium’ producer in the world, today announced the world’s first bauxite cargo shipment using a Liquefied Natural Gas-fuelled vessel, reports media ega.
The shipment, in a Capesize ship, is carrying bauxite mined by EGA subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation to a customer in China.
Low greenhouse gas
NG-fuelled ships can achieve up to 28 per cent lower greenhouse gas emissions on a tank-to-wake basis compared to vessels using traditional marine bunker fuel, according to SEA-LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition. The global shipping industry as a whole was responsible for over two per cent of the word’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, according to the International Energy Agency.
EGA predominantly uses Capesize vessels to ship bauxite ore from the Republic of Guinea to the company’s alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi and to third-party customers around the world. Last year, EGA exported some 14.1 million wet metric tonnes of bauxite from Guinea.
Ega approach to decarbonisation is comprehensive and extends beyond our operations to include everything from supply chain to financing. LNG-fuelled cargos are one way for us to reduce our emissions, and we are proud to pioneer this fuel for shipping bauxite. Ega goal is to reach net zero by 2050, including from our supply chain, and help meet the increasing global demand for the low carbon aluminium.
EGA’s bauxite mining subsidiary GAC makes EGA one of the biggest merchant bauxite suppliers in the world. GAC began production in 2019.
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Source: Media ega
