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After six years of lying idle the Alumar aluminium smelter in Brazil is about to restart operations.

(This story corrects advisory that $2-5 bln is estimated cost to retrofit technology to Australia's six existing alumina refineries, not cost per refinery, in paragraph 10. No change to story text.)

Alcoa Corp is looking to develop a process to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the refining of alumina by up to 70%, with support from an Australian government agency grant, the two groups said on Friday.

U.S. aluminium giant Alcoa Corp snared government aid and a power deal to keep its Australian smelter open for another five years, bringing relief to an embattled manufacturing and port city with more than 500 jobs saved.

Alcoa said on Thursday it is considering laying off up to 534 workers from its San Ciprian aluminum plant in the Spanish region of Galicia, though a final decision has not yet been made.

Alcoa said on Thursday it is considering laying off up to 534 workers from its San Ciprian aluminium plant in the Spanish region of Galicia, though a final decision has not yet been taken.

The aluminium market is expected to see a massive surplus this year as demand plummets due to the coronavirus and still growing supply.

Paul O'Neill, the blunt-spoken former head of Alcoa Corp who was fired after two rocky years as U.S. President George W. Bush's Treasury secretary, died on Saturday at the age of 84 at his home in Pittsburgh, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Paul O'Neill, former Treasury secretary of the United States and former chief executive of Alcoa Corp , died at age 84 on Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

* ALCOA CORP SAYS CEO ROY HARVEY'S FY 2019 TOTAL COMPENSATION WAS ABOUT $13.0 MILLION VERSUS $13.2 MILLION IN FY 2018 - SEC FILING

Power to Alcoa Corp's Portland aluminum smelter has returned to normal levels after a blackout on Friday caused by heat waves in Australia's south, the company said in a statement on Monday.

Alcoa Corp's Australian aluminium smelter was hit by a power cut on Friday after a transmission line tripped amid soaring temperatures in the country's southeast, the Australian Energy Market Operator said.

Apple Inc on Thursday said it has bought the first-ever commercial batch of carbon-free aluminum from a joint venture between two of the world's biggest aluminum suppliers.

Alcoa Corp will need cheaper, more reliable power to keep its Portland smelter in Australia open beyond 2021 when its current supply deal ends, the aluminium major's partner said on Thursday.

Aluminum producer Alcoa Corp said on Tuesday it expects to incur a charge of between $40 million and $50 million in the second half of 2019, related to restarting operations at its Canadian smelter in Becancour, Quebec.

(This Jan 16 story corrects quote in third paragraph to read "the quarterly point-in-time full-year earnings", instead of "the poorly point-in-time full-year earnings".)

No. 1 U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa Corp on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter profit compared with a year-ago loss, helped by its bauxite and alumina segments.

Top U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa Corp <AA.N> reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, as a series of supply hits boosted alumina prices.

Top U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa Corp reported a quarterly loss on Wednesday, compared with a profit a year earlier, largely due to a charge related to the transfer of its pension liabilities.