The Aluminum Association Announces Recycling Target
Arlington, Virginia, November 18, 2008—The Aluminum Association today announced an industry wide effort to increase the industry’s recycling rate for used aluminum beverage containers to 75% by 2015. Today, the aluminum industry recovers approximately 54% of the aluminum containers produced in the U.S. While aluminum cans are already the most widely recycled beverage container in the country, each year Americans still discard over 50 billion aluminum cans which end up in landfills.
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Alcoa a Charter Component of Global Dow
Alcoa has been selected as an original component member of The Global Dow Index, a 150-stock index consisting of the most innovative, vibrant and influential corporations from around the world. The index includes companies with a long history of success and a wide following among investors.
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Alcoa scores high in CEI 'Best Places to Work' survey
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans, has awarded Alcoa an '85' rating for the 2009 Corporate Equality Index and Best Places to Work Survey.
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Aluminum Powder Price Increase
Alcoa Aluminum Powder continues to experience increased costs related to energy, transportation, labor, packaging, and raw materials that have not been passed on to customers. Previous reductions in manufacturing and overhead costs were not able to keep pace with the increased external costs that we are experiencing. As a result, prices must be increased.
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