【SMM Aluminium Flash News】EU to Expand CBAM Measures to Cover Pre-Consumer Scrap and More

Published: Nov 11, 2025 10:28

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The European Commission's latest roundtable concluded that pre-consumer scrap for aluminium and steel products will be included under the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) measures during its implementation in January 2026, whilst post-consumer scrap remains a good that will be unaffected by CBAM. This was announced as a measure to combat certain loopholes for resource shuffling in aluminium, with concrete policies still being work in progress, stated Martin Becker, deputy head of European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST). However, if pre-consumer aluminium scrap cannot be properly distinguished from post-consumer scrap, the EU might not include pre-consumer scrap as a seperate entity within the CBAM agenda by 2026. Also to note, indirect emissions (Scopes 2 and 3) will remain excluded from CBAM boundaries, which will only be targeting Scope 1 Direct Emissions.

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