1.   Aluminum producers were also weighed by low commodity prices.

2.   Aluminum producers, for instance, have cut production in order to sell electrical power that is too valuable to use for smelting aluminum.

3.   Aluminum producers, on the other hand, rely more on manufactured products, especially for the automotive and packaging industries.

4.   Aluminum producers are banking on a stronger second half as long as demand picks up in the U.S. and Europe.

5.   Alumax Inc., an Atlanta-based aluminum producer, raised its prices last month for certain alloys amid signs of strong demand for aluminum products.

6.   Aluminum producers also have succeeded in increasing industrial use of the metal in place of steel.

7.   Aluminum producers, weary from years of battle with plastic bottle makers, are unlikely to recapture the beverage packaging market, industry experts said.

8.   Atlanta-based Alumax, the third-largest U.S. aluminum producer, also needs more billet for its own extrusion units.

9.   Bannitz said the can makers also will lobby government officials to cut import duties on sheet aluminum and try to encourage other aluminum producers to locate in Brazil.

10.   Alcan is the second-largest aluminum producer in the world, behind Aluminum Company of America, and the largest manufacturer of rolled aluminum products.