I’ve wondered about this aluminum plant n Kentucky. If it was such a great deal, why didn’t Alcoa ( an American public company) put a plant there? With such corruption, how can our public companies compete? We saw something similar with an Indian Titanium mine, bribed and gave contracts to the Russians. Boeing relys on titanium, alumi…
I’ve wondered about this aluminum plant n Kentucky. If it was such a great deal, why didn’t Alcoa ( an American public company) put a plant there? With such corruption, how can our public companies compete? We saw something similar with an Indian Titanium mine, bribed and gave contracts to the Russians. Boeing relys on titanium, aluminum, and carbon fiber to build airplanes. Internationally Oligarchs like Dimitri Firtash can bribe and blackmail corrupt politicians around the world to get what they want, subverting market forces and control global commodity prices. State run oil is the best known big one, but it’s everywhere, and this hurts western corporations the most.
I remember learning that getting aluminum from a recycled aluminum can takes 95 percent less water and energy than making a new aluminum can from bauxite ore.
I’ve wondered about this aluminum plant n Kentucky. If it was such a great deal, why didn’t Alcoa ( an American public company) put a plant there? With such corruption, how can our public companies compete? We saw something similar with an Indian Titanium mine, bribed and gave contracts to the Russians. Boeing relys on titanium, aluminum, and carbon fiber to build airplanes. Internationally Oligarchs like Dimitri Firtash can bribe and blackmail corrupt politicians around the world to get what they want, subverting market forces and control global commodity prices. State run oil is the best known big one, but it’s everywhere, and this hurts western corporations the most.
Russians haven't funded Mitch's AL mine to nowhere. Do you think if other guy won the WH, this would still be the case?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-17/russian-backer-halts-funds-in-new-blow-to-u-s-aluminum-project
Does an aluminum plant create environmental problems?
Yes. All mining does one way or another. Nature does deal well with high concentrations of anything. Water quality is the first threat around mines.
Does not (ops!)
I remember learning that getting aluminum from a recycled aluminum can takes 95 percent less water and energy than making a new aluminum can from bauxite ore.