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25 February WASHINGTON, Press Release	Army Appoints Alcoa Defense to Fuel-Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) Project Alcoa announced today that it has been appointed by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to collaborate on the Army’s Fuel-Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) project. In partnership with Ricardo Inc., Alcoa Defense will produce a tactical wheeled vehicle structure that significantly improves fuel efficiency while also maintaining survivability, performance and payload capability.
24 February MELBOURNE, Press Release	Chairman Succession Date The BHP Billiton Board today announced that Mr Don Argus AC will retire as Chairman and a Non-executive Director on 30 March 2010. As previously announced, Non-executive Director, Jac Nasser AO, will assume the role of Chairman of BHP Billiton from that date.
23 February MELBOURNE, Press Release	Rio Tinto expands Mine of the Future™ programme and selects partners for rapid construction of deep underground mines Rio Tinto is expanding its Mine of the Future™ programme to develop new equipment and systems for deep underground mines and has selected three partners to work on the project. Aker Wirth and Atlas Copco will individually work with Rio Tinto to develop two new tunneling concepts and Herrenknecht will work with the Group on the development of a new shaft boring machine.
23 February PITTSBURGH, Press Release	John Thuestad Elected Alcoa Executive Vice President and Group President Global Primary Products; Bernt Reitan to Retire Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that its Board of Directors has elected John Thuestad, 49, Executive Vice President and Group President of Global Primary Products effective March 1, 2010. He succeeds Bernt Reitan, 62, who will retire after nearly 40 years working in the aluminum industry.
22 February MOSCOW, Press Release	Rusal announces full year production results for 2009 UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486), (EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, announces its key production data for 2009.
17 February OSLO, Press Release	Norsk Hydro publishes fourth quarter 2009 results Hydro had an underlying loss before financial items and tax of NOK 651 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared with a loss of NOK 793 million in the previous quarter, firming slightly on higher realized aluminium prices. Hydro reached a major milestone in December with the start-up of the first cell at Qatalum, and production from all 704 cells at the world-leading aluminium plant in Qatar is expected by fourth quarter 2010.
15 February , Press Release	South African Hulamin publishes audited results for the year ended 31 December 2009 South African producer of semi-finished and fabricated aluminium products Hulamin published audited results for the year ended 31 December 2009. Attributable earnings for the year reduced from R268 million to R90 million ($11,6 mln)and headline earnings per share reduced from 124 cents to 42 cents.
11 February NEW YORK, Press Release	Colorful Alcoa Building Material Stands Out in Vancouver Olympic Village Athletes participating in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games starting Friday in British Columbia will sleep, eat, and watch sporting events in buildings that include Alcoa’s energy–efficient, recyclable and colorful Reynobond® aluminum composite material (ACM).
11 February MELBOURNE, Press Release	Rio Tinto announces underlying earnings of $6.3 billion in 2009 Rio Tinto announced results for 2009. In 2009, Rio Tinto Alcan generated a loss of $578 million which was $1,849 million lower than 2008 earnings of $1,271 million. This was principally as a result of lower exchange traded aluminium prices. The overall impact of price was to reduce earnings by $2,577 million compared with 2008. The erosion in aluminium prices was partly offset by a favourable currency movement of $334 million from the strengthening of the US dollar.
10 February MELBOURNE, Press Release	BHP Billiton releases its financial results for the half-year ended 31 December 2009 BHP Billiton delivered a sound financial result, despite significant volatility and continued uncertainty in the global economy. Strong sales volume growth on the back of demand recovery, particularly in the steelmaking raw materials (Iron Ore, Metallurgical Coal and Manganese) and good cost control across the business helped to partially offset the negative impacts of lower prices and stronger producers’ currencies.
9 February MOSCOW, Press Release	RUSAL’S Aluminium Division confirms compliance with health, safety, environment and quality management systems under ISO 9001, ISO 14001 AND OHSAS 18001 UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, announces that the company has prolonged certification of the health, safety, environment and quality management systems under the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 international standards for production sites of the Aluminium Division.
4 February MELBOURNE,	Rio Tinto completes sale of majority of Alcan Packaging businesses to Amcor for US$1,948 million Rio Tinto announced that it completed the sale of Alcan Packaging global Pharmaceuticals, global Tobacco, Food Europe and Food Asia divisions to Amcor for a total consideration of US$1,948 million , on 1 February.

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