On March 6, 2014, Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) announced that Aquilino Paolucci, Vice President of Business Development and Regional Affairs for Latin America, has been named President of Alcoa Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), effective as of March 1. Paolucci succeeds Franklin Feder who is retiring from Alcoa effective August 1 after 23 years with the Company. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) stock closed at $12.17 in last trading session, and 52 week range of the stock is $7.63 – $12.38. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 0.58%.
Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the US, wants a seat at the table in an electricity rate dispute between Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NYSE:NOR) and Ameren Missouri, saying it is concerned about the potential impact on its Missouri stores if Noranda receives an roughly 25% rate reduction for its 263,000 mt/year primary aluminum smelter in New Madrid. Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NYSE:NOR) shares closed at $4.39 on last trade day. Stock 52 week range is $2.21 – $5.08. Company’s market capitalization is $299.09 billion.
On Mar 7th, 2014, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) from an equal weight rating to a positive rating in a research note released on Thursday morning, Analyst Ratings Network reports. Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) stock finished the last session at $12.61. The EPS of the stock remained -0.42. Company’s market capitalization is $1.12 billion.
On Mar 4th, 2014, Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (NASDAQ:KALU) Director Leeuwen Thomas Melton Van sold 8,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $70.27, for a total transaction of $597,295.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 6,769 shares in the company, valued at approximately $475,658. Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (NASDAQ:KALU) stock closed at $70.90 in last trading session. The 52 week range of the stock is $57.67 – $73.47.