David Fickling, Columnist

Enough Aluminum Already

Demand looks fragile, but there are compelling reasons to keep building smelters.

August 26, 2016 at 8:16 AM UTC

David Fickling is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering climate change and energy. Previously, he worked for Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.

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If you learned of a product that was about to see a ninefold surge in demand over 15 years, you'd be crazy not to start making it, right?

Wrong.