Venezuelan steelmaker Sidor shuts all operations after energy blackout

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2. GD, there was plenty of aluminum being exported at one time.............

........though I'd have to spend some time to look up the exact figures of when it maxed out and at what rate. I recall many years ago when I flew in and out of the country often, seeing the trucks waiting for unloading at La Guaira which is near the airport on the coast. The material on the trucks looked like this:



Sidor, from what I recall, was heavily involved in the making of oilfield tubing (drill and production pipe), which was a logical product for them to make with so many wells being drilled and completed at one time. Where they exporting their tubing products? I do not know.