ABOUT ELYSIS

• Elysis technology looks to remove greenhouse gas emissions from the Aluminium smelting process while producing oxygen as a by-product.
• The technology was created through a joint venture between leading metals producers Alcoa and Rio Tinto, which launched in 2018. It is financially backed by technology company Apple, as well as the governments of Canada and Quebec.
• Elysis is currently refining the technology and aims to have it commercially available by the end of 2023.
• The Elysis technology removes the need to use carbon anodes during the smelting process, replacing them with proprietary materials which remain inert during smelting, eliminating CO2 emissions.
• The new anodes also eliminate other harmful by-products, including perfluorocarbons (PFCs), carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, carbonyl sulfide, nitrogen oxides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and benzo(a)pyrene.
• Elysis is based in Montreal and Saguenay, Canada. Canada is the fourth largest producer of aluminium in the world, with an annual production of more than 3.2 million tonnes, and already produces the world’s lowest carbon aluminium thanks to the ready availability of hydroelectric power.
• Elysis claims that if the technology is adopted in Canada, it has the potential to reduce annual greenhouse gas emission by approximately seven million tonnes, which is the equivalent of removing 1.8 million cars from the road.