Analysis: Health-conscious Americans hurt aluminum can market

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Analysis: Health-conscious Americans hurt aluminum can market

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-health-conscious-americans-hurt-aluminum-market-195904385--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6amlwYDbpAJIrpWPerED4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-21T003957Z_1_CBRE91K01UO00_RTROPTP_2_USA-ECONOMY-INFLATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A shopper walks by the sodas aisle at a grocery store in Los Angeles" align="left" title="A shopper walks by the sodas aisle at a grocery store in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. aluminum can sales are set to slow in 2013 for a third straight year as more consumers ditch sodas for healthier options such as water and iced teas, traditionally bottled in plastic or glass. The loss of market share in the fizzy drinks capital of the world, also due to loud anti-obesity campaigns such as those promoted by Walt Disney and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has forced producers of sheet aluminum for cans, as well as can fabricators, to seek new, more profitable markets abroad. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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