Eligible industrial activities

Applications for industrial allocation are open for firms carrying out activities listed here.

Eligible industrial activities and the prescribed products from these activities are listed in the tables below. Also listed are the levels of assistance for each activity and the allocative baselines for each product.

To be considered for an allocation you must be carrying out the activity and producing the product exactly as described in the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010.

How to apply

Eligible activities

Applications open on 1 January 2012.

Eligible activity Initial level of assistance (LA)* Prescribed product (PDCT) Allocative baseline (AB)
Aluminium smelting** 90% Tonnes of primary aluminium 9.687
Iron and steel manufacturing from iron sand 90% Tonnes of molten iron 3.0705
Tonnes of cast carbon steel products 0.11701
Tonnes of vanadium bearing materials 0.2712
Tonnes of flat products of hot-rolled carbon steel 0.1608
Manufacture of carbon steel
from cold ferrous feed		 60% Tonnes of cast
carbon steel products (whether or not subsequently hotrolled)		 0.3896
Tonnes of long
products of hot-rolled carbon steel		 0.1438
Production of burnt lime 90% Tonnes of burnt lime 1.428
Production of carbamide (urea) 90% Tonnes of dry weight carbamide (urea) 1.621
Production of cartonboard 90% Tonnes of rolls or sheets of coated or uncoated cartonboard 1.117
Air dried tonnes  of pulp from wood billets, wood chips or sawdust 0.4633
Air dried tones of pulp from recovered paper 0.3183
Production of caustic soda 90% Tonnes of 100% equivalent dry weight caustic soda 1.606
Production of cementitious
products		 90% Tonnes
of dry weight Portland cement clinker		 0.9392
Tonnes of dry weight cement 0.02266
Production of clay bricks and
field tiles		 60% Tonnes of facing
bricks and pavers primarily used for facade and landscaping		 0.2249
Tonnes of field
tiles and other clay-based products related to the fitting
and joining of field tiles and drainage		 0.8784
Tonnes of fire
bricks		 0.2209
Production of cut roses 90% Cut flowering rose stems 0.000935
Production of ethanol 60% Kilolitres of 100% pure equivalent ethanol 1.465
Production of fresh tomatoes 60% Tonnes of fresh tomatoes 2.426
Production of fresh capsicums 60% Tonnes of fresh capsicums 3.524
Production of fresh cucumbers 60% Tonnes Fresh cucumbers 3.288
Production of gelatine 60% Tonnes of dry weight gelatine 6.413
Production of glass containers 60% Tonnes
of blown and pressed glass containers		 0.5884
Production of hydrogen peroxide 90% Tonnes of 100% equivalent hydrogen peroxide 1.381

Production of lactose

 60%

Tonnes of dry weight Lactose

1.421
Production of market pulp 90% Air dried tonnes of low yield pulp 0.5853
Air dried tonnes of high yield, low freeness pulp 1.338
Air dried tonnes of high yield, high freeness pulp 1.014
Production of methanol 90% Tonnes of 100% equivalent methanol 0.7847
Production of newsprint 90% Tonnes of rolls of uncoated newsprint 0.4911
Air dried tonnes of pulp from wood chips or sawdust 1.323
Production of packaging and industrial paper 90% Tonnes of saleable rolls of uncoated packaging or industrial paper 0.4558
Air dried tonnes of pulp from woodchips or sawdust 0.5100
Air dried tonnes of pulp from recovered paper 0.09337
Production of protein meal 60% Tonnes of protein meal 0.9183
Production of reconstituted wood panels 60% Tonnes of reconstituted wood panels 0.2066
Production of tissue paper 60% Tonnes  of rolls of uncoated tissue paper 1.197
Air dried tonnes of pulp from wood chips or sawdust 0.7646

Production of whey powder

60%

Tonnes of dry weight Whey Powder

0.8427

*The level of assistance will reduce by 1.3% annually from 2013.
**Person-specific baselines exist for aluminium smelting.

Disclaimer: These web pages are intended to provide general information in summary form. The contents are not a substitute for getting your own advice on the provisions in the Climate Change Response Act 2002 or the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010.

Last updated: 16 December 2011