This included the construction of one of the world’s largest aluminium recycling centres that has transformed the aluminium industry.
On November 7, the Nachterstedt Aluminium Recycling Center (NARC) celebrated its 10th anniversary. With a total investment of more than €300 million, NARC was constructed as a state-of-the-art facility capable of recycling up to 400,000 tonnes of aluminium annually. With its geographical central location within Europe, NARC provides high-recycled-content ingots to Novelis Europe’s rolling plants for further processing into low-carbon, innovative aluminium solutions.
The site makes a decisive contribution to achieving Novelis’ ambitious sustainability goals of becoming the provider of lowest carbon emitting flat-rolled aluminium solutions with less than 3 tonnes of CO2e per tonne aluminium shipped by 2030 and to be carbon-neutral by 2050, or sooner.
Advanced sorting technology added at Nachterstedt Recycling plant in 2024 will further optimize the utilization of post-consumer aluminium scrap for high-quality aluminium products. The new technology is expected to avoid the use of around 8,500 tonnes of primary aluminium per year, resulting in a reduction of over 80,000 tonnes of CO2e emissions annually. The implementation of this state-of-the-art sorting technology at NARC is projected to reach completion by the end of 2024.
As NARC celebrates its 10th anniversary, Novelis looks forward to the future, continuing its leadership role in sustainable aluminium production and driving the industry towards a more sustainable, lower-carbon future. Since 2011, Novelis has increased the recycled content in its global product range from 33% to 63%, with a target to achieve 75% by the end of 2030.
