Century Aluminum Strikes Accord With Santee Cooper Over Mt. Holly’s Power Supply
Century Aluminum has come to an agreement with the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) on powering the Mt....
Mt. Holly Smelter
Century Aluminum Inks Power Contract With Santee Cooper For Mt. Holly Aluminium Smelter
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum said on Thursday that its subsidiary Century Aluminum of South Carolina (CASC) has finalized a three-year contract with South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) that will allow it to increase production to 75 percent of its...
Century Aluminum Sustains US$58.2 MM Loss In Third Quarter, But Sees Market Recovery On Horizon
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released third-quarter results on Thursday. Like all firms, the company felt an impact from the...
Century Aluminum Issues Notice Of Impending Closure Of Mt. Holly Smelter To Plant’s Labor Force
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum issued a notice to its employees at the Mt. Holly aluminium smelter that it intends...
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Century’s Mt. Holly Smelter Again At Risk Of Closure In Absence Of New Power Deal
American aluminium maker Century Aluminum said in a filing to the SEC on Friday that obtaining a more friendly power agreement is critical to the future of its smelter in Mt. Holly, South Carolina. In its annual 10-K filing, the firm said that continuing to purchase one-quarter of its total power output from the South […]
Century Posts 19 Percent Jump In Net Sales During FY 2018
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum released results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2018 on Thursday. Though shipments and sales rose in both periods, elevated alumina prices weighed down financial numbers for both the quarter and the year. The fourth quarter saw Century ship 199,466 metric tons of product, up from the prior […]
Century Signs Two-Year Power Deal With Santee Cooper To Power Mt. Holly Smelter
American aluminium smelter Century Aluminum announced the signing of a two-year power contract with the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper) for its Goose Creek smelter, assuring its operation through at least the close of 2020. Per the company’s press release, the contract mandates that the Mt. Holly smelter will continue to purchase one […]
Citing Trump Tariffs, Century Slowly Ramping Up Operations At Mount Holly Plant
Though guarded, a sense of optimism has begun to return to Goose Creek, South Carolina, as production is slowly but surely coming back online at Century Aluminum’s Mount Holly plant. According to local reports, Century has begun to rehire a portion of those laid off from the plant two years ago as well. Though still […]
Another Bill to Allow Century to Purchase Power on the Open Market for Mt. Holly Smelter Dies in Committee
A second attempt at obtaining a power rate reduction for Century Aluminum’s plant in Mount Holly, South Carolina came up short last week in the state’s legislature. A bill introduced late last month that would allow the smelter to obtain the entirety of its electrical power on the open market met its fate in the […]
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
