How America Works

It's not easy, wrestling one of America's metallic mainstays from the ground; see how the folks at Rio Tinto do it at one of the world's largest open pit mines.

The workers of GCC create concrete, the second most used resource.

While most brick makers now rely on automation, the workers at Old Carolina still create theirs the old-fashioned way... all by hand; with building booms spurring higher demand, they too must belt out bricks faster than ever before.

A team of modern-day lumberjacks takes to the forests of coastal Alaska to harvest lumber.

With supply chain issues the world over, demand for aluminum in the United States has never been higher; in Russellville, Ky., a thousand workers are laboring day and night to churn out the aluminum needed to keep the country running.

While most brick makers now rely on automation, the workers at Old Carolina still create theirs the old-fashioned way... all by hand; with building booms spurring higher demand, they too must belt out bricks faster than ever before.

A team of modern-day lumberjacks takes to the forests of coastal Alaska to harvest lumber.

The workers of GCC create concrete, the second most used resource.

With supply chain issues the world over, demand for aluminum in the United States has never been higher; in Russellville, Ky., a thousand workers are laboring day and night to churn out the aluminum needed to keep the country running.

It's not easy, wrestling one of America's metallic mainstays from the ground; see how the folks at Rio Tinto do it at one of the world's largest open pit mines.