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ScoredVCSManufacturing industries; Metal productionUnited StatesRegistry: RegisteredAM0065

Conversion of SF6 To An Alternative Cover Gas In Magnesium Production In Eaton Rapids, MI and Strathroy, ON

Developer: Magnesium Products of America (also denoted as Meridian Magnesium Products of America or MPA)

VCS-618 ↗

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#31of 1794 in United States#94of 1612 in Verra (VCS)

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 7.1 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Scored2026-10-12medium confidenceLatest verified period ends: 2023-12-31

evidence: 59/68 registry documents read · 0 red flags

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Analysis

Conversion of SF6 To An Alternative Cover Gas In Magnesium Production In Eaton Rapids, MI and Strathroy, ON (United States) replaces SF6 with an alternative cover gas in magnesium production (sF6 abatement technology (Novec-612)) under AM0065 v2.1; registry status Registered (VCS), 2,669,633 credits issued (vintages 2008–2022). The documents name Det Norske Veritas Certification AS as validation body and Det Norske Veritas Certification AS (2010-01-01 – 2010-12-31), First Environment, Inc (2017-11-01 – 2018-12-31, 2019-01-01 – 2019-12-31, 2020-01-01 – 2020-12-31, 2021-01-01 – 2021-12-31), Agri-Waste Technology, Inc (2022-01-01 – 2023-12-31) as verification bodies. The documents estimate 240,000 tCO2e per year. The latest verification report (01-January-2022 – 31-December-2023) verifies 222,721 tCO2e.

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    Methodology not approved by ICVCMAM0065

    The Integrity Council assessed this methodology as not meeting the Core Carbon Principles.

    Source: ICVCM assessment

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: methodology

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-10-11

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
50,73250,7320
2009
132,143132,1430
2010
199,913199,9130
2011
207,542207,5420
2012
244,098244,0980
2013
265,135265,1350
2014
285,895285,8950
2015
315,296315,2951
2016
328,436328,4360
2017
188,675188,6750
2018
88,50588,5050
2019
131,848131,8480
2020
114,492114,4920
2021
89,54889,5480
2022
27,37527,3750
Total2,669,6332,669,6321

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2007–2008AM0065 v1.0since replaced by v2.1

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2009AM0065 v1.0since replaced by v2.1

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2010AM0065 v2.1current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  4. 2011AM0065the documents for this period state different versions (v1.0, v2.1)

    monitoring report + verification report

  5. 2012AM0065the documents for this period state different versions (v1.0, v2.1)

    monitoring report + verification report

  6. 2013–2014AM0065 v1.0since replaced by v2.1

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  7. 2014–2015AM0065 v1.0since replaced by v2.1

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  8. 2016AM0065 v1.0since replaced by v2.1

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  9. 2017AM0065 v2.1current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  10. 2017–2018AM0065 v2.1current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  11. 2019AM0065 v2.1current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  12. 2020AM0065 v2.1current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  13. 2021AM0065 v2.1current version

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  14. 2022–2023AM0065 v2.1current version

    monitoring report + verification report + issuance document

    official page · verified on

  • AM0065: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceAM0065 v2.1
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