Yunnan Aluminium’s seven facilities bag dual ASI certification for producing greener aluminium alloy ingots

Aluminium Steward Initiative has acknowledged seven facilities of Yunnan Aluminium Co., Ltd. with Performance Standard V3 (2022) and Chain of Custody Standard certifications. All of them are located across six prefectures of Yunnan, China.

Yunnan Aluminium has vertically integrated operations covering most of the aluminium value chain, including bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting, casting, and semi-fabrication of aluminium products. It has an annual capacity of around 3 million tonnes of smelted aluminium.

Yunnan’s seven facilities that have bagged dual ASI certification are Yunnan Wenshan Aluminium Co., Ltd., Yangzonghai Aluminium Electrolysis Branch of Yunnan Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd., Yunnan Yunlv Runxin Aluminium Co., Ltd., Yunnan Yunlv Zexin Aluminium Co., Ltd., Qujing Yunlv Yuxin Aluminium Co., Ltd., Yunnan Yunlv Haixin Aluminium Co., Ltd., and Heqing Yixin Aluminium Co., Ltd.

The company’s high-grade, customised, and standardised aluminium alloy ingots and other products, made using hydropower energy, are meant for the defence, military sectors, aerospace, rail transportation, and the electronics industry.

On receiving the certifications, Zhang Zhengji, Chairman of the board at Yunnan Aluminium Co., Ltd, said: “Yunnan Aluminium Co., Ltd. (YACL) has been consistently implementing green and low carbon development, accelerating the establishment of an integrated green industrial chain of “bauxite – alumina – carbon products – aluminium smelting – aluminium processing”. The authentication of ASI Performance Standard and ASI Chain of Custody Standard for the whole industrial chain of YACL can improve the management level of the company, promote compliance management and control risk in our supply chain, while helping to meet customers’ expectations of good practice and enhance our company competitiveness. We will continue to pursue the objective of ‘greener aluminium’ in YACL.”

Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI, said: “We congratulate Yunnan Aluminium Co., Ltd. on achieving dual ASI Certification for seven facilities across Yunnan. With both ASI Certifications in place from bauxite mining through to semi-fabrication operations, YACL demonstrates its commitment to responsible sourcing and production along the aluminium value chain, and provides its customers with the assurance that the more rigorous 2022 ASI Standards are guiding the company’s continuous improvement of their production processes.”

The independent, third-party audit of Yunnan Aluminium’s facilities was carried out by DNV Business Assurance Services UK Ltd.