Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ialuminium ibe yinto esetyenziswa ngokubanzi yiApple hayi kwiiMacBoos kuphela, kodwa nakwiiPhones kunye neePads. Enkosi Ku inkqubo yokurisayikilisha enikezelwa yiApple, zininzi iiMacBook ezifikelela kwintengiso usebenzisa ialuminium ebisetyenziswe kwakhona kwiimodeli ezindala.
Ekuzinikeleni kwabo kwindalo esingqongileyo, iApple yafikelela kwisivumelwano sentsebenziswano kunye nenkampani ye-Elysis kwi2018, a Uhambo oludibeneyo phakathi kweAlcoa neRio Tinto, ezona nkampani zimbini zikhulu zeli lizwe kumzi mveliso wealuminium, kwaye zenze utyalomali olubalulekileyo kunyaka ophelileyo ukuze zikwazi fumana i-aluminium engenakhabhoni.
Njengoko sinokufunda kwiReuter, ngebhlog ye-Elysis, iApple ithenge ibhetshi yokuqala yealuminium eyenziwe yile nkampani, ibhetshi esele yenziwe ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amalahle, ke amandla acocekileyo asetyenzisiwe kwinkqubo, ibhetshi eya kuthi ngqo kwiifektri zeApple ukwenza izixhobo ezintsha.
U-Apple wenze utyalomali lokuqala kule nkampani kulo nyaka uphelileyo, kodwa i-Alcoa ityale imali kwi-R & D ukuya Inkqubo yealuminium ngaphandle kokusebenzisa ikhabhoni ukusukela ngo-2009. Le nkqubo yenziwa kumaziko anazo zombini ezi nkampani ePittsburgh. U-Elysis wakha indawo entsha eSaguenay, eQuebec, eya kuba noxanduva lokutsala i-alumina kwi-bauxite kusetyenziswa inkqubo ye-electrolysis ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amalahle.
U-Lisa Jackson, igosa eliyintloko ku-Apple, uthi ikamva lokuvelisa i-aluminium belilele iminyaka engaphezulu kwe-13, kodwa loo nto iyakutshintsha ngelixa kugcina ukuzibophelela kuka-Apple kwindalo esingqongileyo. Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba namhlanje, zonke iinkampani ezenza izinto okanye zihlanganise izinto bafumana umbane kwimithombo evuselelekayo, yenye yezona mfuno zibalulekileyo ukuze ukwazi ukusebenza neApple.
