---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000949157-24-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENX"
cik: "0000949157"
company_name: "CENTURY ALUMINUM CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T03:50:44.038284+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Century Aluminum Q1: net income $246.8M vs $30M, adjusted EPS -$0.03, wins $500M DOE award

## Summary
- Net sales $489.5M; shipments 174,627 tonnes (up from 173,871 Q4 2023).
- Net income $246.8M includes large non-recurring gain; adjusted net loss $(3.0)M, adjusted EBITDA $25.0M.
- DOE awarded $500M for new green aluminum smelter; JV with MX Holdings for low-carbon billet casthouse.
- Cash $93.5M, liquidity $302.0M as of March 31, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000949157-24-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENX
- cik: 0000949157
- company_name: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915724000045/0000949157-24-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915724000045/cenx-20240501.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000949157-24-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CENTURY ALUMINUM CO reported quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $489.5 million, net income $246.8 million, EPS $2.26.
  - Period: quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $489.5 million
  - Net income: $246.8 million
  - EPS: $2.26
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 2024 Results Chicago, May 1, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) today announced its first quarter 2024 results. Business Highlights • Net sales of $489.5 million • Realized LME aluminum price of $2,190/T in first quarter is up $8/T from prior quarter • Reported net income attributable to Century stockholders of $246.8 million and adjusted
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915724000045/0000949157-24-000045-index.htm

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