We Lost 80% of Our Aluminum… Here’s What Happened

America didn’t just lose jobs…we lost an entire industry.In the late 1990s, the U.S. produced 3.8 million metric tons of aluminum.Today? Around 650,000–800,000.That’s nearly an 80% collapse.We went from 19 smelters to just 4.Meanwhile, China now produces over 50% of the world’s aluminum.This isn’t just economics.This is national capability, supply chain control, and strategic risk.This is the Financial Cold War.📁 Subscribe to The Zadzura Brief for more. #USManufacturing #ChinaVsUSA #Geopolitics #GlobalEconomy #SupplyChain #EconomicSecurity #DidYouKnow #Explained #Economics