---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000949157-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENX"
cik: "0000949157"
company_name: "CENTURY ALUMINUM CO"
filed_at: "2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T12:49:29.074875+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Century Aluminum reports Q3 net loss of $42M; revenue down 5% sequentially

## Summary
- Net sales $545.2M, down from $575.5M Q2; net loss $42.0M vs Q2 net income $7.5M.
- Adjusted net loss $13.8M ($0.13/share) vs adjusted net income $15.5M ($0.16/share) Q2.
- Realized LME price $2,237/tonne (-$134 QoQ); shipments 171,995 tonnes.
- Completed Mt. Holly land sale for $26M; debt reduced $41.4M to $512.0M; liquidity $305.8M.
- Finalized three-year Mt. Holly power agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000949157-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENX
- cik: 0000949157
- company_name: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
- filed_at: 2023-11-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915723000070/0000949157-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915723000070/cenx-20231108.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CENTURY ALUMINUM CO reported quarter ended September 30, 2023 results: revenue $545.2 million, net income $(42.0), EPS $(0.45).
  - Period: quarter ended September 30, 2023
  - Revenue: $545.2 million
  - Net income: $(42.0)
  - EPS: $(0.45)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Results Chicago, November 8, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) today announced its third quarter 2023 results. Business Highlights • Net sales $545.2 million • Realized LME aluminum price of $2,237/T in third quarter is down $134/T from prior quarter • Falling energy and other raw material costs • Completed Mt. Holly land sale and
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915723000070/0000949157-23-000070-index.htm

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