MYTILINEOS S.A. Metallurgy Business Unit joins ASI as new Production & Transformation member

MYTILINEOS S.A. Metallurgy Business Unit has become a Production & Transformation member of Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). This brings the total number of ASI members to 104.

ASI is a global, multi-stakeholder, non-profit standards setting and certification organisation that aims to recognise and foster the responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium.

“Sustainable Development is a top priority for MYTILINEOS and it’s expressed through responsible production of bauxite, alumina and aluminium as well as an ongoing self-improvement and incessant learning process aimed at increasing our positive impact on the greater society. For us, joining the ASI represents a creative challenge and a solid commitment, fully aligned with the vision of the European Union, to move swiftly towards carbon neutral production,” the company said.

MYTILINEOS is one of Greece’s largest industrial companies, with activities in Metallurgy, EPC & Infrastructure and Electric Power & Gas Trading. MYTILINEOS, established in Greece in 1990, is listed in the Athens Stock Exchange. The Metallurgy sector has a consolidated turnover of more than €0.6 billion.

The company owns the largest vertically integrated alumina and aluminium production and trading plant in the European Union and, together with its mines, is able to drive the growth of the national and European economy as well as the country’s periphery. It is the second largest bauxite producer in Greece and in Europe, with an annual production of 650,000 tonnes of bauxite exclusively from underground mines, ASI said through its press release.