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27 April OSLO, Press Release	Norsk Hydro publishes first quarter 2010 results Hydro had an underlying result before financial items and tax of NOK 688 million in the first quarter 2010, improving significantly from a loss of NOK 651 million in the fourth quarter of 2009, reflecting increased aluminium prices, reduced costs and higher volumes in a seasonally stronger quarter.
23 April PITTSBURGH, Press Release	Alcoa Board of Directors Elects Klaus Kleinfeld Chairman, CEO Alcoa today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Klaus Kleinfeld, 52, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Kleinfeld succeeds Alain Belda, 66, who previously announced his plans to retire from the Company after more than 40 years of service. The leadership change took place at Alcoa’s annual meeting of shareholders today
21 April MELBOURNE, Press Release	BHP Billiton Publishes Its Production Report for the Nine Months Ended 31 March 2010 BHP Billiton published Production report for the nine months ended 31 March 2010. Aluminium production across all operations was in line with comparative periods. Alumina production was higher than all comparative periods due to the continued ramp up of the Alumar refinery expansion and increased volume from Worsley.
20 April MOSCOW, Press Release	UC RUSAL completes the commissioning of potline 5 at its Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter UC RUSAL (SEHK: 486, EuroNext: RUSAL/RUAL), the world’s largest aluminium producer, announced the completion of the commissioning of Potline 5 at the Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter (IrkAZ). The newly launched potline has a design capacity of 166,000 tonnes. In 2010, Potline 5 will produce 156,700 tonnes of aluminium. The total budget of the project is over USD 600 million.
19 April NEW YORK, Press Release	Alcoa Names Randall Scheps to Lead Company’s Consumer Electronics Market Development Team Alcoa announced today that Randall Scheps, 42, is appointed to the newly created position of Director, Consumer Electronics Market Development. In this assignment, he is responsible for building Alcoa business globally in the fast-growing consumer electronics market. The appointment signifies Alcoa’s strong commitment to this growing market. Scheps joined Alcoa in 2006 in a marketing leadership role in ground transportation. He has degrees in engineering and business from the University of Texas and the University of Michigan.
15 April MELBOURNE, Press Release	Rio Tinto publishes first quarter 2010 operations review Rio Tinto published its first quarter 2010 operations review. Chief executive Tom Albanese said: "In the first quarter, most of our operations continued to run at capacity. Chinese demand grew strongly and we saw some recovery in OECD markets, but we are still cautious about short term volatility. The long term outlook remains very strong and we are now ramping up our growth projects with sustained investment in our iron ore business and the start of development of Oyu Tolgoi."
14 April OSLO, Press Release	Hydro establishing regional sales office in Qatar Hydro is setting up a regional office in Doha, Qatar, for marketing Hydro’s metal products in the Middle East, the Gulf states and Southern Africa. The office will be a part of Hydro’s business area Metal Markets and its Asian Regional Organization, based in Singapore.
12 April OSLO, Press Release	Qatalum opening strikes right note Political leaders from Qatar and Norway painted a positive picture for the aluminium industry when they spoke at the spectacular opening of Qatalum in Mesaieed on Monday.
12 April NEW YORK, Press Release	Alcoa Reports 1Q 2010 Results Alcoa (NYSE: AA) today announced a first quarter 2010 loss from continuing operations of $194 million, or $0.19 per share, which includes restructuring and special charges of $295 million, or $0.29 per share. The results compare to a fourth quarter 2009 loss from continuing operations of $266 million, or $0.27 per share, and a first quarter 2009 loss from continuing operations of $480 million, or $0.59 per share.
9 April SAO PAULO, Press Release	Aluminum consumption is expected to grow by 21% in 2010 The Brazilian Aluminum Association – ABAL announces the Brazilian aluminum market performance in 2009. According to the entity, the domestic consumption of aluminum transformed products, last year, was 1,007.9 thousand ton, corresponding to 10.6% drop compared to 1,127 thousand ton consumed in 2008.
6 April MELBOURNE, Press Release	Rio Tinto receives binding offer for Alcan Beauty Packaging business Rio Tinto has received a binding offer from Sun European Partners, LLP (Sun European Partners) to acquire the Alcan Beauty Packaging business. The terms of the offer are confidential.

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