Apple buys first-ever carbon-free aluminum from Alcoa-Rio Tinto venture

Apple Inc on Thursday said it has bought the first-ever commercial batch of carbon-free aluminum from a joint venture between two of the world’s biggest aluminum suppliers.

The metal is being made by Elysis, a Montreal-based joint venture of Alcoa Corp and Rio Tinto announced last year with $144-million in funding from the two companies, Apple and the governments of Canada and Quebec.