Century Aluminum Subsidiary and Steelworkers Announce Contract Extension

MONTEREY, CA--(Marketwire - May 3, 2010) -  Century Aluminum of Kentucky, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company and the United Steelworkers have agreed to a third extension of the labor contract covering the Hawesville, Kentucky smelter operations. The agreement, which was originally scheduled to expire on March 31, 2010, is now extended to May 7, 2010 at 12:01 a.m. The contract covers approximately 500 hourly workers at the Hawesville smelter.

Century Aluminum Company owns primary aluminum capacity in the United States and Iceland. Century's corporate offices are located in Monterey, California.