Module 5 of 9 · A4 · Precursors in the aluminium value chain

Check your understanding

  1. Which is a precursor for an extruder? A) Alumina. B) Post-consumer scrap. C) Billets bought from a smelter. D) Cryolite.

  2. Your billet supplier sends an unverified spreadsheet showing 1,2 t CO2e/t. Can you use it?

  3. You buy slabs from two smelters (60 % and 40 % of tonnage) and mix them. Which SEE do you use?

  4. What is the default for unwrought aluminium of unknown origin, before mark-up?

  5. You buy ingots made in Iceland. What emissions do they carry?

  6. From when can operators share verified precursor data through the CBAM Registry?

Sources: G5e Table 2-2; MA Art 14(2), Annex II A.1, Annex III B; DVA-COR Annex IV; QA 4.18, 5.18.