Apple to buy first large batch of carbon-free aluminum for iPhone SE

FILE PHOTO: The new Apple iPhone SE is displayed at the Apple Store on 5th Avenue shortly after it went on sale in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar

(Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Thursday it will buy its first industrial-size batch of carbon-free aluminum to use in its low-cost iPhone SE, as it steps up efforts to reduce carbon footprint from the metal it uses heavily in product casings.

Details about the size or cost of the purchase were not disclosed.