China's climate goals leave country's aluminium valley torn between past and future
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File photo of a worker checking rolls of sheet aluminium at a factory in Nanning, China's southern Guangxi region on April 10, 2019.
PHOTO: AFP
Luo Guoping, Chen Xuewan and Wang Jing
(CAIXIN GLOBAL) - The scenic southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan is known for its tourism and rich resources for hydropower.
Over the past few years, it has donned a new name - the aluminium valley of China - thanks to the massive relocation of electrolytic aluminium producers attracted by the region's low electricity prices from all that hydropower.
