Is the US fighting hard enough to keep its aluminium in-house from competitors like China?

Aluminium industry leaders say the United States is unwittingly ‘leaking’ a strategic resource by exporting vast quantities of scrap metal even as domestic makers scramble for feedstock. The Aluminum Association’s new “Scrap The Exports” campaign notes that the US currently exports roughly 2 million tonnes of aluminium scrap each year, nearly half of what the country recycles.
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