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Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has taken legal action to halt construction of a proposed aluminum smelter near Inola.

On Tuesday, June 2, Drummond filed a petition in Rogers County District Court to block the project, which is backed by two private ventures, including a state-owned enterprise of the United Arab Emirates.

According to Drummond, Emirates Global Aluminum holds a 60% controlling interest in the project.

“The controlling hand behind the largest smelter ever proposed on American soil belongs not to Oklahomans, nor even to Americans, but to a foreign sovereign more than 7,000 miles away,” the petition states.

According to Drummond, the project – known as Oklahoma Primary Aluminum – would be the largest primary aluminum production plant ever constructed in the United States.

Oklahoma AG Drummond files to block Inola smelter Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has taken legal action to halt construction of a proposed aluminum smelter near Inola.

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