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 The emissions of perfluorcarbon per ton of produced aluminum will be 80% lower than in 1990.
  • Global result: Specific PFC emissions (per ton of produced aluminum) were reduced by 7 3% in the 1990-2003 period. This represents a reduction equivalent to 3 ton of CO 2 per aluminum ton.
  • Brazil: Since 1994 - when measurements were started in Brazil - until 2002, the perfluorcarbon rate dropped by 28% going from 0.25 kg of CF 4 per ton of primary aluminum to 0.18 kg. World average is 0.31 kg, according to IAI.
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 Fluoride emissions per ton of produced primary aluminum will be at least 33% less than in 1990. This goal will be reviewed after three years.
  • Global result: specific emissions of fluoride to the atmosphere were reduced by 38% in the 1990-2003 period. Considering this result, the volunteer goal will be reviewed. The last data disseminated by IAI indicates the average factor of fluoride emissions is in the order of 1.07 kg per ton of produced primary aluminum (data from 2000).
  • Brazil: Calculated in 2003, the average factor or national plants is in the order of 1.00 kg per ton of produced primary aluminum.
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 Reduction by 10% of the use of electrical power per ton of produced primary aluminum, compared to 1990.
  • Global result: The average use of electrical power for electrolysis was reduced by 6% since 1990.
  • Brazil: In 1 9 90, the electrical power consumption of the primary aluminum industry was 15.9 MWh per ton of produced aluminum. In 2004, it was 15.1 MWh per ton, showing a 5% reduction.
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 50% reduction in the frequency rates of work accidents with lost days, compared to 2000. This goal will be reviewed in 2006.
  • Global result: The number of work accidents in industrial plants associated to IAI (mines, refineries and smelters) was reduced by 50% in the 2000-2003 period, reaching, in the last year of the period, 3.00 accidents with lost days per 1 million of worked hours. The rate of accidents with lost days was reduced by 40% during the same period. Considering this result, the voluntary goal will be reassessed.
  • Brasil: Considering mines, refineries and primary/integrated, the average rate of accidents with absence from work (ratio of the number of accidents with lost days per one million worked hours) was 1.69 in 2000 and decreased to 1.23 in 2004, showing 27.2% reduction during the period.
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 Among the member companies of IAI, 95% will have implemented Environmental Management System s (ISO 14001 certification or equivalent).
  • Global result: Safety, Occupational Health and Environment Management Systems operate in most industrial plants of companies that are IAI members - 78% of smelters, 83% of alumina refineries and 91% of bauxite mines have formal and documented systems. ISO 14001 Certifications  or equivalent were obtained in similar percentages to industrial plants.
  • Brazil: All primary aluminum producers are certified to ISO 14001.
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 Implementation of a Risk Exposure Evaluation and Medical Supervision Program for employees in 95% of the IAI member companies.
  • Global result: Programs operate in  85% of the industrial plants of IAI member companies. A detailed definition of the criteria required to fit this objective. This document is the basis for the creation and implementation of programs at industrial plants that still lack them.
  • Brazil: All primary aluminum producers have implemented Risk Exposure Evaluation and Medical Supervision Program for employees. This is a legal requirement in the country.
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 The production of aluminum used by the transportation industry will be monitored by the industry annually. Therefore, its contribution to the production of lighter weight vehicles and consequently, to the reduction of emission of hothouse gases in road, railway and maritime transportation will be measured.
  • Global result: The volume of aluminum produced for the transportation industry increased by 5.5% between 2002 and 2003. The world trend points out that aluminum will be responsible for 200 kg of each vehicle in 2015.
  • Brazil: The country has an average of 45 kg of the product per vehicle, a much lower number than in the USA, at 128 kg, and Europe's, at approximately 100 kg.
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 The industry will monitor its performance in the recycling of its products and will use the data collected to establish a voluntary goal. The industry will develop a global action program to support the voluntary goal, thus fostering a significant increase of post-consumption aluminum.
  • Global result: Companies that are IAI members, and represent 25% of the aluminum recycled worldwide, increased its production by 4% in the period ranging from 2000 to 2003. In Europe , the production of aluminum based on recycled material has grown at an average of 4% per year, in the last 22 years.
  • Brazil: In the last 15 years, Brazil increased 4.5 fold the volume of recycled aluminum, growing from 65 thousand ton in 1990 to 270 thousand ton in 2004.
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 The IAI Member Companies will seek to reduce their fresh water consumption per tonne of aluminium procuced and will report annually on progress
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 The IAI Member Companies will seek to reduce their fresh water consumption per tonne alumina produced and will report annually on progress. IAI Member Companies will concentrate efforts to minimise fresh water consumption where ther are limited available fresh water resources.
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 The IAI Member Companies will seek to reduce GHG emissions from the production of alumina per tonne of alumina produced.
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 The IAI Member Companies will seek to continue to increase the proportion of bauxite mining land rehabilitated annually; IAI will report annually on the proportion of area rehabilitated to area mined.



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