1.   Also, four state aluminum companies will be sold in a block, probably in January, he said.

2.   Among U.S. aluminum companies, only Aluminum Co. of America and Reynolds Metals Co. are bigger than Alumax.

3.   Alumax is different from the other big aluminum companies, Anker said.

4.   Aluminum companies are central to the debate because they were built in Siberia to take advantage of the low power costs.

5.   And an aluminum manufacturing company was able to make a competitive bid on a major contract, thanks to having switched to a nontoxic solvent.

6.   As copper dragged aluminum lower on the LME, aluminum companies felt the effect.

7.   At least three big aluminum companies here in the Northwest have shut down or sharply cut production of aluminum in recent weeks.

8.   Both PacifiCorp and Spokane, Washington-based Washington Water Power Co. have lured aluminum companies and utilities away from Bonneville by offering their extra power at lower prices.

9.   A conflict with the aluminum company bodes badly for Lebed.

10.   A few months ago it acquired an aluminum rolling mill in Scottsboro, Ala., from Noranda, a Canadian aluminum company.