267,000 mt/year capacity
35,000 acre site
Smelter
- In operation since 1952
- Electrode plant
- Potrooms
- Casthouse
- Atomizer
6 potlines
Products
- Sheet ingot
- Foundry ingot
- Pig
- Aluminum powder
Power source
- Lignite (mined since 1918)
- 450 MW generated by Luminant Power
More than 900 salaried and hourly employees
The Rockdale Electrode Department became the first Electrode Department in the Alcoa Primary Business Unit to gain ISO 9002 Certification in 1997.
Alcoa operates the Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad (RS&S) as wholly owned subsidiary, a "spur" line that serves as a critical link between Rockdale Operations and suppliers, customers and other Alcoa locations. Annually, the RS&S delivers more than 6,700 loads of raw materials and ships nearly 1,300 loads of finished goods from the facility.
USWA Local 4895 and IBEW Local 2078 represent union workers at Rockdale Operations.
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