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The metals we make are making a difference now – and in the future.
Steel and aluminium – they’re essential to modern life and surround us.
From the buildings we work and live in, roads, bridges and railways we travel across, planes, trains and vehicles we travel in, and the household appliances, utensils and packaging we use. They even help protect our pets and livestock.
The essential role these metals play in our lives has been sharply bought into focus by the COVID-19 pandemic.
From hospital beds to medical and surgical equipment, oxygen tanks to respirators these metals underpin so much of the immediate health response and global efforts to save lives.
As we steer our way out of the health crisis, aluminium and steel will prove to be essential in providing a foundation for economic recovery and employment growth around the world.
There’s a vast range of essential products and services that require aluminium. The Aluminium Federation has outlined the critical products and services required during this global pandemic that require aluminium, which include:
Similarly, steel is playing an important role in the immediate response to COVID-19, in uses that include:
And as we steer our way out of the health crisis, aluminium and steel will prove to be essential in providing a foundation for economic recovery and employment growth around the world.
Key national infrastructure and large-scale construction projects, such as buildings and transport projects, will be a key lever used by Governments in developed and developing nations to kickstart local and domestic economies, and increase employment.
Prior to the coronavirus estimates indicated by 2050, the global demand of aluminium and steel were expected to be double the level of 2012.
Our essential steel is helping to build these key infrastructure projects around the world:
We’re proud of the role we’re playing to provide these essential metals that are the foundation for critically needed goods, items and infrastructure – now and into the future.
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