| From Bloomberg: Aluminum producers will have to expand global output by about two-thirds to keep pace with an expected consumption increase of 5.3 percent a year over the next decade, an executive at Rio Tinto Group’s Alcan unit said.
Unless new smelters are built by 2020, demand for the metal used in car parts and airplanes will outstrip supply by 27 million metric tons a year, Amir Mirchi, vice president of business development for the Middle East and North Africa at Rio Tinto Alcan, said, citing company forecasts..............................................Full Article: Source
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