What CBAM figure should an EU buyer ask for on aluminium from Tema?

Direct emissions only: anode carbon consumed, perfluorocarbons from anode effects, and fuel for casting. A smelter running only part of its potlines should report per tonne actually produced in the period, because fixed loads spread over fewer tonnes.

Direct emissions

• Anode consumption per tonne.
• Perfluorocarbons from anode effects.
• Fuel for holding furnaces and casting.

Part load

Anode effects and heat losses per tonne can be higher when a smelter restarts or runs few potlines. Report the period and lines operating.

Electricity

Reported, not charged. Power from hydro and gas gives a lower indirect figure than coal based smelters, which buyers may value.

What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps each site's fuel, power and production records together, so the embedded emissions you send an EU importer trace back to dated documents.

• Mozal aluminium
• Alumina is not a precursor
• Ghana grid factor

Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM Regulation), consolidated, European Commission, CBAM definitive regime, 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.