Metals Forum - Revision history

Miriam Rose: /* People */

2012-02-21T21:14:17Z

People

Melissa Jones: badge

2011-07-19T20:46:43Z

badge

Melissa Jones: typos

2011-07-19T20:45:12Z

typos

Miriam Rose: /* People */

2010-07-09T16:54:39Z

People

Miriam Rose: /* Notes */

2010-07-09T15:52:20Z

Notes

Melissa Jones: /* Lobbying on Climate Change policy */

2010-06-17T16:06:33Z

Lobbying on Climate Change policy

David: /* Greenwash */

2010-06-16T16:24:44Z

Greenwash

Miriam Rose at 13:21, 16 April 2010

2010-04-16T13:21:28Z

Miriam Rose at 12:29, 16 April 2010

2010-04-16T12:29:17Z

Miriam Rose: New page: {{Template:Climate badge}} The Metals Forum is an umbrella trade association and lobby group for the UK metals industry formed in 2004. According to its website it is; :'an alliance of met...

2010-04-16T12:27:58Z

New page: {{Template:Climate badge}} The Metals Forum is an umbrella trade association and lobby group for the UK metals industry formed in 2004. According to its website it is; :'an alliance of met...

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The Metals Forum is an umbrella trade association and lobby group for the UK metals industry formed in 2004. According to its website it is;
:'an alliance of metals industries employing nearly 400,000 people in businesses working in virtually every UK town and city. Each year, these businesses sell £50 billion of metals into engineering, construction, automotive, aerospace and other manufacturing sectors.'<ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/ front page] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>

According to its website, since 2004 the forum has 'represented the UK metals industry to government and the media and during this time has lobbied on key industry issues such as energy, transport and over-regulation.'<ref>Metals Forum publications [http://www.metalsforum.org/press5.htm Appointment:David Baron chairman of Metals Forum] Monday 14 April 2008. Accessed 16/04/10</ref>

'The Forum is also recognised by the [[Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform]] (now [[Business, Industry and Skills]]) as one of the umbrella organisations that government sees playing an increasingly important role in representing industry views.'<ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/ front page] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>

==Activities==

==History==

==Affiliations==

==People==

*[[David Baron]] Chairman
*[[John Parker]] Vice Chairman
*[[Derek Tordoff]] Vice Chairman
*[[Rupert Hodges]] Secretary

==Funding==

==Members==

*[[Aluminium Federation]]
*[[British Constructional Steelwork Association]]
*[[British Metals Recycling Association]]
*[[British Stainless Steel Association]]
*[[Cast Metals Federation]]
*[[Confederation of British Metalforming]]
*[[Galvanizers Association]]
*[[Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association]]
*[[Metals Industry Skills & Performance]]
*[[National Association of Steel Stockholders]]
*[[Non-Ferrous Alliance]]
*[[UK Steel]] <ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/ front page] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>

==Publications==

==Contact==
http://www.metalsforum.org
07939 722 447
rh@metalsforum.org

==Resources==

==Notes==

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[[Category:Climate]] [[Category:Aluminium Industry]]

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-The'''Metals Forum''' is an umbrella trade association and lobby group for the UK metals industry formed in 2004. According to its website it is;
+The '''Metals Forum''' is an umbrella trade association and lobby group for the UK metals industry formed in 2004. According to its website it is;
 :'an alliance of metals industries employing nearly 400,000 people in businesses working in virtually every UK town and city. Each year, these businesses sell £50 billion of metals into engineering, construction, automotive, aerospace and other manufacturing sectors.'<ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/ front page] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>

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-{{Template:Climate badge}}
+{{Template:Climate badge}}{{Template:Mining and Metals badge}}
-The Metals Forum is an umbrella trade association and lobby group for the UK metals industry formed in 2004. According to its website it is;
+The'''Metals Forum''' is an umbrella trade association and lobby group for the UK metals industry formed in 2004. According to its website it is;
 :'an alliance of metals industries employing nearly 400,000 people in businesses working in virtually every UK town and city. Each year, these businesses sell £50 billion of metals into engineering, construction, automotive, aerospace and other manufacturing sectors.'<ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/ front page] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
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 'The Forum is also recognised by the [[Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform]] (now [[Department of Business, Industry and Skills]]) as one of the umbrella organisations that government sees playing an increasingly important role in representing industry views.'<ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/ front page] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
-==Lobbying on Climate Change policy==
+==Lobbying on Climate Change Policy==
 As a powerful umbrella body, the Metals Forum has lobbied hard on climate change policy which will naturally target their energy intensive industries. In their 2005/6 Annual Review, chairman [[Derek Tordoff]] states;

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 As a powerful umbrella body, the Metals Forum has lobbied hard on climate change policy which will naturally target their energy intensive industries. In their 2005/6 Annual Review, chairman [[Derek Tordoff]] states;
-:The Forum continues to make representations for a business environment that encourages further investment in the industry, on energy issues for example, costs and security of supply and related
+:The Forum continues to make representations for a business environment that encourages further investment in the industry, on energy issues for example, costs and security of supply and related issues such as Climate Change and now Emissions Trading which is emerging as a serious issue affecting competitiveness. We held meetings with both the Minister for Industry and with the Minister for Energy to put forward the views of the sector to Government on these and other topics.<ref>[http://www.metalsforum.org/news.htm Metals Forum Review 2005/6] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
-:If the science of climate change is irrefutable, it clearly makes sense for the UK to be involved in these initiatives, but the unpalatable truth is that some countries are seeking to derive competitive
+:If the science of climate change is irrefutable, it clearly makes sense for the UK to be involved in these initiatives, but the unpalatable truth is that some countries are seeking to derive competitive advantage from them, while our country’s initial desire to take and maintain a leadership role could well leave UK metals companies exposed to costly commitments that make operation uneconomic. Our concern therefore is that UK businesses, metals companies and our manufacturing customers should not be saddled with competitive disadvantages that force them to close here while replacement plants open elsewhere, where operating standards are laxer.<ref>[http://www.metalsforum.org/news.htm Metals Forum Review 2005/6] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
 This argument centres on the concept of 'carbon leakage'- the idea that climate change policies which raise the price of operation here in the UK will drive industry abroad where they are not forced to adopt such environmental standards and therefore ultimately lead to greater emissions. This is an interesting admission for the Forum (made up of representatives of international metals companies) to make, i.e that they would not bother with costly environmental standards where governments don't force them to.
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 The report goes on to state;
-:We see non-carbon emitting power generation, nuclear as well as renewables and their financing as integral to the solutions needed for secure energy provision, but so is sustainable production and
+:We see non-carbon emitting power generation, nuclear as well as renewables and their financing as integral to the solutions needed for secure energy provision, but so is sustainable production and consumption. Amongst the industrial materials, metals are uniquely ‘evergreen’, being recyclable back into new product to provide the same performance characteristics they had in their original formulation or indeed to meet new specifications if required.<ref>[http://www.metalsforum.org/news.htm Metals Forum Review 2005/6] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
 Naming metals 'evergreen' is extremely deceiving. Firstly because recycling metals takes a considerable amount of energy (for example recycling aluminium takes the same amount of energy as producing new steel<ref>Das, S. and Padel, F. 2010,'Out of this earth: East India Adivasis and the aluminium cartel' Orient Blackswan </ref>). Secondly, the report goes on to admit that 'With the strong demand for metals, we will always need to produce new, virgin materials, as recycling rates are already very high'<ref>[http://www.metalsforum.org/news.htm Metals Forum Review 2005/6  ] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>. In fact raw extraction rates are rapidly increasing for all metals, meaning rapidly increasing emissions also. Recycling rates are still well below 50% for aluminium, steel, copper and zinc <ref>[http://www.metalsforum.org/news.htm Metals Forum Review 2005/6] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>, and landfills are stuffed with already dumped metals which could be mined and recycled.
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 The Forum have also been involved in consultations on the design of the [[EU Emissions Trading Scheme]] phase 2 and 3, which they claim have raised customer electricity prices and caused problems for metals industry. They are concerned about the impact of trading on the competitiveness of energy intensive industries.<ref>[http://www.metalsforum.org/news.htm Metals Forum Review 2005/6  ] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
 ==Greenwash==

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 According to their 2005/6 Annual Report;
-:'the Forum won one of the Sustainability Challenge projects set by the Government through a scheme run
+:'the Forum won one of the Sustainability Challenge projects set by the Government through a scheme run jointly by [[DEFRA]] and the [[Department of Trade and Industry]].<ref>[http://www.metalsforum.org/news.htm Metals Forum Review 2005/6  ] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
 ==Affiliations==

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 ==People==
 *[[David Baron]] Chairman
 *[[John Parker]] Vice Chairman
 *[[Derek Tordoff]] Vice Chairman
 *[[Rupert Hodges]] Secretary <ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/contact.htm Contacts] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
 *Dr [[David Harris]] Vice Chairman in 2004. Secretary General of the Aluminium Federation.<ref>Metals Forum, Press Releases [http://www.metalsforum.org/press1.htm New initiative for metals industries]Accessed 09/07/10</ref>

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 According to its website, since 2004 the forum has 'represented the UK metals industry to government and the media and during this time has lobbied on key industry issues such as energy, transport and over-regulation.'<ref>Metals Forum publications [http://www.metalsforum.org/press5.htm Appointment:David Baron chairman of Metals Forum] Monday 14 April 2008. Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
-'The Forum is also recognised by the [[Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform]] (now [[Business, Industry and Skills]]) as one of the umbrella organisations that government sees playing an increasingly important role in representing industry views.'<ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/ front page] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
+'The Forum is also recognised by the [[Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform]] (now [[Department of Business, Industry and Skills]]) as one of the umbrella organisations that government sees playing an increasingly important role in representing industry views.'<ref>Metals Forum [http://www.metalsforum.org/ front page] Accessed 16/04/10</ref>
 ==Activities==