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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-009831"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CENX"
cik: "0000949157"
company_name: "CENTURY ALUMINUM CO"
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:55:11.585656+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Century Aluminum Q4 adj EPS $1.25; JV for first new US smelter since 1980

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $633.7M; FY net sales $2.5B. Q4 adj net income $128.2M ($1.25/diluted share).
- FY adj EBITDA $425.1M vs $244.2M in FY2024; reported net income $41.8M vs $336.8M.
- Announced joint development agreement with EGA to build new smelter in Oklahoma.
- Sold Hawesville smelter for redevelopment; restarting 50,000MT idled Mt. Holly production by Q2 2026.
- Ending cash $134.2M; liquidity $418.0M at Dec 31, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-009831
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CENX
- cik: 0000949157
- company_name: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000162828026009831/0001628280-26-009831-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949157/000162828026009831/cenx-20260219.htm

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