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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

1 great leader can turn GM around

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 21, 2014

Great leaders of other large, struggling companies have demonstrated conclusively that GM is just one great leader away from regaining and surpassing its former greatness....
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NEWS ANALYSIS

Alcoa, Novelis face new competition as aluminum gains in auto segment

10:16 am U.S. ET | June 19, 2014

Aluminum giants Alcoa and Novelis triumphed in landing Ford's aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup truck, but the victory also has brought new aluminum players into the competition for future automotive business....
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75 percent of U.S. pickups will have aluminum bodies by 2025, industry study says

2:22 pm U.S. ET | June 11, 2014

The majority of pickups manufactured within the next decade will have aluminum bodies, according to a study commissioned by the Aluminum Association...
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U.S. seeks to fund Alcoa's bet on automotive aluminum

9:00 pm U.S. ET | May 27, 2014

The United States Department of Energy has proposed lending money to Alcoa to expand aluminum production at a Tennessee factory, setting the stage for the first loan to a supplier under a dormant $25 billion fund....
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When Ford went aluminum, it was solid gold for Alcoa

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 27, 2014

Alcoa had tried for a couple of decades to persuade carmakers to produce a high-volume vehicle with an aluminum body....
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As automakers use more aluminum, can providers expand fast enough?

8:53 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 10, 2014

With automakers' demand for aluminum growing explosively as they seek to improve fuel efficiency, aluminum providers are selling out their automotive capacity almost as fast as they can build new plants, raising the question of whether some car makers could be caught short in the future....
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OEMs press Alcoa to share aluminum-bonding process

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 9, 2013

At the request of automakers, Alcoa Inc. is making its patented Alcoa 951 bonding process available to competitors who also supply aluminum to the auto industry....
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Alcoa breaks ground on $275 million Tennessee plant expansion

4:41 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 3, 2013

Aluminum supplier Alcoa, struggling to keep up with automakers' growing demand for the lightweight metal, has broken ground on a $275 million expansion of its plant in Alcoa, Tenn....
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