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Latin American Extrusions Facilities
Country Facility
Owners1
(% Of Ownership) Products
Brazil Itapissuma Alcoa (100%) Extrusions
Utinga Alcoa (100%) Extrusions
Tubarão Alcoa (100%) Extrusions
1Facilities with ownership described as “Alcoa (100%)” are owned by the Company.
Sources and Availability of Raw Materials
The major raw materials purchased in 2012 for each of the Company’s reportable segments are listed below.
Alumina Global Rolled Products
Bauxite Alloying materials
Caustic soda Aluminum scrap
Electricity Coatings
Fuel oil Electricity
Lime (CaO) Natural gas
Natural gas Primary aluminum (ingot, billet, P1020, high purity)
Steam
Primary Metals Engineered Products and Solutions
Alloying materials Alloying materials
Alumina Electricity
Aluminum fluoride Natural gas
Calcined petroleum coke Nickel
Cathode blocks Primary aluminum (ingot, billet, P1020, high purity)
Electricity Resin
Liquid pitch Stainless Steel
Natural gas Steel
Titanium
Generally, other materials are purchased from third party suppliers under competitively-priced supply contracts or
bidding arrangements. The Company believes that the raw materials necessary to its business are and will continue to
be available.
For each metric ton of alumina produced, Alcoa consumes the following amounts of the identified raw material inputs
(approximate range across relevant facilities):
Raw Material Units Consumption per MT of Alumina
Bauxite mt 2.5 – 3.8
Caustic soda kg 50 – 100
Electricity kWh 192 – 273 (global average of 234)
Fuel oil and natural gas GJ 7 – 12
Lime (CaO) kg 11 – 50
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