Industrial
Aluminum supply chain
Alumina refining, carbon anodes, and power-hungry smelters for lightweighting.
⚠ Smelter power & alumina refining
Key chokepoints
- Alumina refining (Bayer process)Refining
China imports bauxite and refines most alumina; refinery outages tighten global supply.
Related tickers: AA
- Smelter electric powerUtilities
Smelters curtail on power price spikes; Europe lost significant capacity in the energy crisis.