Aluminium Dunkerque | France

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Aluminium Dunkerque is combining recycling, carbon capture, and inert anode technology to set a new benchmark for sustainable aluminium production in Europe.

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Aluminium Dunkerque is one of Europe’s most advanced aluminium producers, operating with one of the lowest carbon footprints globally. The site is undergoing a multi-phase transformation to further reduce emissions and future-proof operations. Its roadmap includes:

  • Operational efficiency and energy upgrades (2022–2026)
  • Carbon capture deployment (2026–2035)
  • Expansion with inert anode technology (post-2035)

We are not in a low-cost producing region due to the price of energy and workforce. So, we need to build more on one of the strategic advantages we do have, which is sustainability.

Aluminium Dunkerque

The company has already achieved <4 tCO₂e per tonne of aluminium for its entire production considered as today’s low-carbon benchmark. It is already integrating recycled content, investing in AI and big data to improve process efficiency, and recently secured clean electricity through long-term PPAs with EDF (nuclear) and Engie (renewables).

Our customers are asking for aluminium with a footprint below 4 tCO2e per tonne. We even recently experienced our first bid for below 3 tCO2e per tonne.

Guillaume de Goÿs
CEO of Aluminium Dunkerque

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Bright Spot | Aluminium Dunkerque

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We mobilise business, finance, government and civil society leaders to speed up the shift to clean materials, chemicals and fuels. Having charted sectoral pathways to net-zero, we continue to forge new territory, lifting the barriers to enable a critical mass of clean industrial projects to break ground by 2030.

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