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What happened
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Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) banal fell over 15% aftermost month. September absolutely started off on a appropriate note, however, with the aggregation captivation on to best of the over-45% accretion it fabricated afterwards it appear solid second-quarter balance in aboriginal August. But that acutely didn't last, as the banal alone precipitously in the final canicule of September.
So what
The big accretion in August was apprenticed by the company's Aug. 2 balance release. The top and basal curve both bigger year over year and sequentially compared to the aboriginal quarter, partially apprenticed by college aluminum prices (remember this fact). Furthermore, Century Aluminum acclaimed that it was able to accomplish solid after-effects admitting college ascribe costs. And while it provided a alert angle for the all-around accumulation of aluminum, administration accent that appeal for its articles remained robust.
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As September got underway, Century's shares managed to accumulate their gains, trading in band with industry behemothic Alcoa through the aboriginal allotment of the month. But again aluminum prices started to attempt over the aftermost 10 canicule or so of September. That's a botheration for Century, a ambassador of primary aluminum, which appealing abundant leaves it codicillary on article prices. With the amount of the article it sells falling, the shares traded lower. The algebraic is appealing simple: Lower aluminum prices will acceptable beggarly weaker after-effects in the approaching for Century Aluminum.
Investors reacted accordingly, acquainted that Century has been bleeding red ink for several years. The additional division was, for reference, the aboriginal division in added than two years that Century had angry a GAAP profit.
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Now what
The additional division was a acceptable one for Century. The bead in aluminum prices in September, however, was a quick admonition that Century is a article ambassador and its after-effects will wax and abate with the amount of the metal it makes. Although the banal is still materially college than area it was above-mentioned to advertisement earnings, investors acutely shouldn't balloon the appulse that often-volatile article prices can accept here.
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