• Alcoa Inc.

  Alcoa is the producer of primary aluminium, fabricated aluminium, and alumina and is active in all major aspects of the aluminium industry. Originating as the Pittsburg Reduction Company in 1888 and led by Charles Martin Hall, co-discoverer of the chemistry behind aluminium production, Alcoa now operates in some 42 countries globally.

  http://www.alcoa.com

• Aleris International Inc

  Aleris International, Inc. with a global business in aluminum rolled products and extrusions, aluminum recycling and specification alloy production. The Company is also a recycler of zinc and a leading U.S. manufacturer of zinc metal and value-added zinc products that include zinc oxide and zinc dust.

• Aluar Aluminio Argentino S.A.I.C

  The only primary aluminium producer in Argentina, and almost 70% of its production exported to international markets. Semi fabricated and fabricated products are produced for use in the transport, building and packaging sectors, amongst others.

  http://www.aluar.com.ar

• Alumina Limited

  A leading Australian company with a global alumina business, and partner in the world's largest alumina business, Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC). AWAC has a network of mines, refineries and smelters across the globe, together with its own shipping operation to move materials between sites in the aluminium production process.

  http://www.aluminalimited.com

• Aluminium Bahrain (Alba)

  Incorporated by charter in 1968, Alba is now one of the largest single site smelters in the world.

  http://www.aluminiumbahrain.com

   

• Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco)

  Chinalco are the only producer of alumina and the largest producer of primary aluminium in China, the fastest growing major aluminium market in the world. Chinalco produced approximately 4.3 million tonnes of alumina products in 2000, making them the third largest producer of alumina in the world. Chinalco?s primary aluminum production of 669,800 tonnes in 2000 accounted for approximately 23.7% of China's domestic primary aluminium production and approximately 20.8% of domestic primary aluminum consumption for 2000. Chinalco?s key operating assets include four integrated alumina and primary aluminium production plants, two alumina refineries, one primary aluminium smelter and one research institute.

  http://www.chalco.com.cn

• BHP Billiton

  BHP Billiton is the world‘s largest diversified resources company, and the fifth largest producer of primary aluminium. Operations from mining through to primary metal production are held in Africa, South America and Australia.

  http://www.bhpbilliton.com

• Century Aluminum

  Formed in 1995 by Glencore International of Switzerland as a holding company for its aluminium-producing assets, Century Aluminium is now a publically owned company with 615000 metric tonnes aluminium p.a. capacity in smelters in the USA and Iceland. Assets are also held in the Gramercy Alumina Plant in LA and with related bauxite assets in Jamaica.

  http://www.centuryca.com

• Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio

  CBA‘s first plant opened in 1955, and the company as had and annual average growth of 9% since becoming Brazil's second largest producer of primary aluminium. CBA is self-sufficient with respect to bauxite, sourcing from its own reserves in Poos de Caldas and Itamarati de Minas, MG, and participation in other mines and also generates the majority of its energy through17 hydroelectric plants.

  http://www.cia-brasileira-aluminio.com.br

• Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD)

  CVRD is the largest diversified mining company in the Americas, and works in all the production phases of aluminium, through holdings in bauxite extraction, refinement of alumina and production of the primary metal.

  http://www.cvrd.com.br

• Dadco Alumina & Chemicals Limited

  A privately owned investment, manufacturing and trading group based in Guernsey. Dadco has ownership of Aluminium Oxid Stade GmbH, a tolling company based near Hamburg, Germany, that produces aluminium hydroxide and alumina.

• Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (Dubal)

  Instigated in the 1970s by the late H.H Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, then ruler of Dubai, Dubal is now the largest single site aluminium smelter in the Western World and industrial flagship for Dubai.

  http://www.dubal.ae

• Elkem

  Elkem is one of Norway‘s largest industrial companies, one of the world's leading suppliers of metals and materials and has a 50% share in the second largest aluminium producer in Norway, Elkem Aluminium ANS. Mr John Thuestad is CEO for Elkem Aluminium ANS.

  http://www.elkem.no

• Glencore International AG

  is one of the world's largest suppliers of a wide range of commodities and raw materials to industrial consumers. Through its subsidiary aluminium group, Glencore is involved in all stages of the production of primary aluminium, together with the marketing and flow of commodities in this group.

  http://www.glencore.com

• Hindalco Industries Limited

  Hindalco is a non-ferrous metals powerhouse and one of India's top 10 companies in terms of market capitalisation. Hindalco's aluminium segment enjoys a leadership position in speciality alumina, primary aluminium and downstream products. Mr Debu Battacharya is Managing Director for Hindalco.

  http://www.hindalco.com

• Hydro

  A Fortune 500 energy and aluminium supplier founded in 1905, of which Hydro Aluminium a.s. is one of the world’s top integrated aluminium companies. Hydro Aluminium has achieved a leading role in market segments such as foil, lithographic strip and structural components for the automotive industry.

  http://www.hydro.com

• Japan Alumina Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd

  An Australian company owned by globally integrated trading companies Sojitz Corporation and Itochu Corporation. The company is a founding participant in the Worsley Alumina Joint Venture which operates a world-class alumina refinery.

• Mitsubishi Corporation

  Japan's largest general trading company (sogo shosha) with over 200 bases of operations in approximately 80 countries worldwide. Their Non-Ferrous Metals Division is involved in developing a wide range of businesses, from upstream raw materials to the products that use them.

  http://www.mitsubishicorp.com/en/index.html

• Mitsui & Co Ltd.

  With headquarters in Tokyo, Mitsui have interests in a broad range of products and services globally. Their Iron & Steel and Non-Ferrous Metals Business Unit has capacity to supply 220000 tonnes of aluminium ingots annually, through interest in smelting companies in the USA and other sources.

  http://www.mitsui.co.jp/tkabz/english/index.html

• Nippon Light Metal Company Ltd.

  Japan's sole fully integrated manufacturer specialized in wide ranges of operations using aluminium and associated materials, from alumina to chemicals and various fabricated products.

  http://www.nikkeikin.co.jp/

• PT Asahan

  PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM), which was established as a National Project in 1976 and is the only aluminium smelter in the South-East Asia, is a joint venture company between the Government of the Republic Indonesia (41.12%) and Japanese consortium Nippon Asahan Aluminium Co. Ltd (58.88%), with its designed capacity of 225.000 tons per annum. The infrastructure facilities also include two hydroelectric power plants. Inalum exports 60% of its output to Japan and the rest goes to the domestic market in Indonesia, most of it on a long-term contract basis.

• United Company RUSAL (UC RUSAL)

  United Company RUSAL, the producer of aluminium and alumina, was established in March 2007 following the merger of assets of three companies: RUSAL, previously the third largest global aluminium company; SUAL, one of the world’s top ten players in the aluminium business; and the alumina assets of Glencore (Switzerland).Focusing on growth and steadily improving production efficiencies in their sector.

  http://www.rusal.ru

• Rio Tinto Alcan

  The world's largest producer of primary aluminium, the No.1. worldwide supplier of food flexible, pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging and the No.2. supplier in tobacco packaging. Originating from the Canadian subsidiary of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in 1902, today Alcan has plants located across the globe and operating in all areas of aluminium production and consumption.

  www.riotinto.com/riotintoalcan/

• Sumitomo

  The Sumitomo Chemical Group includes some 100 companies operating around the world in six business sectors, including basic chemicals and petrochemicals. Their Basic Chemicals group manufactures alumina products, including alumina of the highest purity and aluminium from smelters in Australasia and South America.

  http://www.sumitomo-chem.co.jp

IAI-related companies

Aluminerie Alouette Inc.

Based at Sept lles in Quebec's North Shore region, Canada, Aluminerie Alouette has produced primary aluminium since 1992. Alouette is a one of the world’s top-performing aluminium producers and a key player in the North Shore economy.

http://www.alouette.qc.ca

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