U.S. Primary Aluminum Dependence Will Leave America “Held Hostage” to Russia, China and the Middle East

“We can’t be held hostage to others having the sole capability to provide critical minerals and strategics, including aluminum,” stated former Director of the CIA and retired four-star general David H. Petraeus. “The fact is, we have allowed China to achieve at least oligopolistic control over many of the strategic and rare earth mineral categories and processing in particular and that should make us very, very, uncomfortable. Aluminum is in just about everything and we should have our own supply of this, this is one the areas in which I think the current administration has really done quite good work.”