First-of-its-Kind Clean Smelter Receives DOE Award to Restore Good Jobs and Revitalize the Domestic Aluminum Industry
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced Century Aluminum is set to receive $500 million from the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). With this award, the company will build the nation’s first clean smelter, attempting to double U.S. primary aluminum production and lower typical smelter emissions by 75%. Century Aluminum was selected for the OCED…