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Re:Micron Kicks Off Mass Production of 12 Gb DRAM Chips by oasisbob on Thursday November 08, 2018 @01:43PM (#18408723)
The Pacific Northwest used to have a lot more Aluminum smelting than it does now - the power was provided by large hydro power contracts.

Not sure if it was changes in these contracts or other market forces that caused the decline.

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Re:Micron Kicks Off Mass Production of 12 Gb DRAM Chips by oasisbob on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:01PM (#18412245)
Decided to answer my own question - here's a great history of the NW aluminum industry:

https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/alu...

The last active NW aluminum smelters closed in 2016. Most of the rest were victims of Enron and the 2000 energy crisis.

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