# Alcoa

> Alcoa is a global upstream aluminum producer that mines bauxite, refines alumina, and smelts and casts aluminum for industrial customers. Its present-day pitch combines an integrated supply chain, low-carbon Sustana products, and the ELYSIS partnership developing smelting without direct greenhouse gas emissions. Its industrial roots date to 1888; the current public corporation became independent in 2016.

- **Founded:** 1888
- **Headquarters:** Pittsburgh, United States
- **Founders:** Charles Martin Hall (Co-founder and inventor of the U.S. aluminum electrolysis process), Alfred E. Hunt (Co-founder, investor-group leader and first president)
- **Products:** Bauxite, Alumina, Cast aluminum products, EcoLum, EcoSource
- **Notable:** Helped commercialize Hall’s electrolysis process through the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in 1888., Completed the all-stock Alumina Limited acquisition on August 1, 2024; consideration implied approximately US$2.8 billion using the July 26 closing share price., ELYSIS started its designed 450 kA inert-anode cell at Alma in November 2025.

## Products & services

- **Bauxite** — Aluminum-bearing ore for Alcoa’s refineries and third-party customers.
- **Alumina** — Refined aluminum oxide sold to smelters and industrial chemical customers, as well as used internally.
- **Cast aluminum products** — Commodity ingot and value-added foundry alloys, billet, slab, wire rod, and high-purity aluminum.
- **EcoLum** — Primary aluminum marketed with less than 3.5 metric tons CO2e per metric ton of metal for Scope 1 and 2 mining-through-casting emissions; the current page separately states a below-5.0 cradle-to-gate footprint. These are different accounting boundaries.
- **EcoSource** — Low-carbon alumina introduced in 2020; supplied from a refinery portfolio averaging below 0.6 metric tons CO2e per metric ton of alumina for Scope 1 and 2 mining and refining emissions.
- **EcoDura** — Aluminum with at least 50 percent pre-consumer recycled content, defined using a credit allocation system at product-line and facility level.
- **ELYSIS technology** — Joint-venture inert-anode technology intended for licensing; eliminates direct greenhouse gas emissions from smelting and produces oxygen. Industrial demonstration and testing continue.

## Achievements

- Helped commercialize Hall’s electrolysis process through the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in 1888.
- Completed the all-stock Alumina Limited acquisition on August 1, 2024; consideration implied approximately US$2.8 billion using the July 26 closing share price.
- ELYSIS started its designed 450 kA inert-anode cell at Alma in November 2025.
- Reported US$12.831 billion of 2025 revenue.
- ELYSIS announced inclusion in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 list on October 15, 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Announced permanent closure of the Kwinana refinery after production had been curtailed in June 2024.
- **2025-11** — ELYSIS announced successful start-up of the designed 450 kA inert-anode cell at Rio Tinto’s Alma smelter; further industrial testing continues.
- **2026-01** — Reported fiscal 2025 revenue of $12.831 billion and net income attributable to Alcoa of $1.170 billion.
- **2026-10** — Third-quarter results reported revenue of $3.704 billion and net income attributable to Alcoa of $483 million. Alumar smelter restart completed. South32 shareholder approval advanced the pending AliGroup acquisition, with closing expected in the first half of 2027.
- **2026-10** — ELYSIS announced recognition on TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 list.

## Links

- Website: https://www.alcoa.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alcoa/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Alcoa
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/alcoa/featured
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alcoa/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alcoa

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