Century Aluminum News

The number of unemployed West Virginians doubled this year as the state lost 25,000 jobs amid the recession, according to a report released Monday.

Some stocks are one-hit wonders that make a big splash when they first appear and then quickly fizzle.

CEO and President of Century Aluminum Company Logan W Kruger sells 7,000 shares of CENX on 12/14/2009 at an average price of $13.33 a share.

Shares of the following companies made noteworthy moves in U.S. market trading Friday.

Filed under: Major movement , Analyst reports , Options , Commodities Shares of Century Aluminum caught a lift Friday morning, as analysts at JPMorgan Chase adjusted their price targets on a number of metals and mining issues.

Alcoa and Century Aluminum have been among the biggest percentage gainers on both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 today, as analysts projected a sharp climb in metals prices in the first half of next year.

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading this morning.

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Traders look to lock in Century Aluminum profits : The aluminum producer is up 3.6% today, but traders are selling in-the-money calls against large stock activity.

U.S. stocks continued to trade higher on a rally for materials stocks Wednesday morning, though a bigger-than-expected monthly drop in private-sector jobs kept the gains muted.

West Virginia continues to see large companies leave the state, taking good jobs with them.

Hundreds of Century Aluminum retirees gathered Thursday at Ravenswood High School for a meeting with attorneys and United Steelworkers representatives who are challenging Century Aluminum's proposal to reduce and eliminate health benefits to retired and laid-off workers.

The United Steelworkers of America is upset by Century Aluminum's plan to cut medical benefits for retirees over the age of 65.

The United Steelworkers of America is challenging proposed cuts that Century Aluminum recently announced it would make to health-care benefits for workers who retired from the company's Ravenswood plant.

A court hearing is scheduled for Jan. 1, 2010. A decision by Century Aluminum to cut benefits to older retirees of its Jackson County plant is being contested in court.

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Century Aluminum Co. is taking preliminary steps that could allow it to reopen the Ravenswood plant it took offline back in February, a move that threw some 650 people out of work.

Century Aluminum has no immediate plans to restart its smelter in Jackson County, but some preliminary indications suggest that possibility exists.