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To: Mark Bartlett who wrote (38856)8/12/1999 7:53:00 AM
From: long-gone  Respond to of 116790
 
<<Did not one of the car companies just receently strike a deal with one of the aluminium producers to buy the stuff for cars - GM. I think.>>

It was Reynolds, then after that, they had a massive fire related accident at their Eastern Washington plant and they got out of the contract under a "act of God" clause (if I remember the story correctly).