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Aluminum’s Even Crazier Kinsman

Aluminum’s Even Crazier Kinsman

Think aluminum prices have been going crazy? Primary aluminum is made from feeding gritty white alumina -- an oxide refined from bauxite ore that’s essentially the same stuff as rubies and sapphires -- into electrical furnaces. At the most basic level, years of rough balance between supply and demand seem to be finally running off the rails.