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Alcoa CEO reckons great scope for aluminum to replace copper

Mineweb | June 08, 2011 | 2:06 pm Base Metals Aluminum Copper 

Alcoa Inc. (AA.N) Chief Executive Klaus Kleinfeld said on Tuesday that no one is happier to see copper prices climbing than he is, because that meant substitutions into aluminum would increase. Speaking at The Aluminum Summit hosted by AMM, the...

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