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knollimarlast Sunday at 3:52 PM1 replyview on HN

Doesn't China smelt most of the world's aluminum due to inexpensive energy?

I thought that was their thing


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tredre3last Sunday at 4:48 PM

China smelts over 50% of the world supply. India/Russia/Canada does another 30%.

Your assessment is correct, those are countries with very low energy costs.