May 23, 2007
ALCOA, A BUSINESS OPEN TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Baie-Comeau, May 23, 2007 – Alcoa's Baie-Comeau aluminum smelter announces that it is actively involved in organizing the Conférence sur l’Énergie et le Développement Durable dans l’Industrie de l’Aluminium (Céddi-Al: Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development in the Aluminum Industry), since these topics directly affect the goals towards which all its employees and managers work each year.
Pierre Morin, General Manager of the Baie-Comeau smelter, stated: "Using energy and resources efficiently and optimally, reducing our environmental footprint, protecting the environment, leaving a green legacy to future generations, these are the values that Alcoa wholly espouses and that shape what we do every day. Our industrialized societies, faced with energy constraints and concerns regarding sustainable development and the preservation of the environment, are pushed to innovate in order to maintain economic growth while preserving our natural capital."
   
Céddi-Al will offer an excellent opportunity to further reflection and to favour exchanges on subjects that are of central concern for citizens, for businesses working in the field of aluminum, and for organizations wishing to develop a vision of the future and to find ways of accomplishing such a vision.
    
Alcoa shares the concerns of the community. In taking concrete actions and, over the years, in questioning its methods and procedures, the company makes sure that it can properly meet environmental requirements for the well-being of communities.
   
Alcoa Canada Primary Metals has an annual production capacity of over 1 million metric tonnes of aluminum ingots, castings, billets and rod, and counts roughly 3 500 employees. In Québec, its activities generate over $1 billion in economic spinoffs per year. In addition to producing primary aluminum at its aluminum smelters in Baie-Comeau, Bécancour and Deschambault, and at its rod plant in Bécancour, Alcoa Canada operates fabricating plants serving the aerospace, automotive, food packaging, and construction markets. In 2006, Alcoa Canada posted a turnover of more than $3.1 billion.
    
Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components including flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrapâ foils and plastic wraps, Alcoaâwheels, and Bacoâ household wraps. Among its other businesses are closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 123,000 employees in 44 countries and has been named one of the top three most sustainable corporations in the world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com.