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Alcoa's profit beat fueled by rising alumina prices, shares rise [Reuters]

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Alcoa's profit beat fueled by rising alumina prices, shares rise | Reuters 3 Min Read (Reuters) - Top U.S. aluminum producer Alcoa Corp ( AA.N ) reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, as a series of supply hits boosted alumina prices. Shares of the company rose almost 5 percent to $38.49 in after-hours trading, also helped by the announcement of a $200 million share repurchase program. Alumina prices spiked during the year, largely due to supply disruptions such as lower production at Norsk Hydro’s ( NHY.OL ) Alunorte, the world’s largest alumina refinery, a strike at Alcoa’s Australian operations and U.S. sanctions on Russian aluminum giant Rusal ( 0486.HK ). Chief Executive Roy Harvey said on a post-earnings call with analysts that while increased alumina prices represented an added cost, the company benefited from strength in third-party alumina sales. Third-party alumina sales, or supplies to other smelters, surged 54.4 percent to $1.10 billion in the Show less Read more
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