---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000949157-24-000092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENX"
cik: "0000949157"
company_name: "CENTURY ALUMINUM CO"
filed_at: "2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:45:47.487131+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Century Aluminum Q3 net income $47.3M, Adj EBITDA $103.7M; accounting officer change

## Summary
- Net sales $539.1M; net income $47.3M ($0.46 diluted EPS) vs $(2.5)M loss in Q2 2024.
- Adjusted EBITDA $103.7M, up from $34.2M; adjusted EPS $0.63.
- Realized LME price $2,451/MT, +$163/MT QoQ; shipments 168,755 tonnes.
- Final Section 45X rules added $34.9M benefit; cash $32.6M, liquidity $278.9M.
- Rob Hoffman stepped down as principal accounting officer; Theresa Brainerd appointed (retains Global Corporate Controller role).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000949157-24-000092
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENX
- cik: 0000949157
- company_name: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
- filed_at: 2024-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915724000092/0000949157-24-000092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915724000092/a20240930q3form8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000949157-24-000092
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000949157-24-000092.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Rob Hoffman changed role as principal accounting officer at CENTURY ALUMINUM CO.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: Rob Hoffman stepped down from his position as principal accounting officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915724000092/0000949157-24-000092-index.htm
- Executive change
  Theresa Brainerd was appointed as principal accounting officer at CENTURY ALUMINUM CO.
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: Theresa Brainerd, the Company’s Global Corporate Controller, has assumed the responsibilities of the principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000094915724000092/0000949157-24-000092-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.