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SEC Company Response from CENTURY ALUMINUM CO (CENX) (CIK 0000949157) (CENX) — Dec 7, 2009

CENTURY ALUMINUM CO (CENX) (CIK 0000949157)
Date: Dec. 7, 2009 · CIK: 0000949157 · Accession: 0000950123-09-068968

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Date
December 7, 2009
Author
CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
Form
CORRESP
Company
CENTURY ALUMINUM CO (CENX) (CIK 0000949157)

Letter

Century Aluminum Company

2511 Garden Road

Building A, Suite 200

Monterey, California 93940

December 7, 2009

VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:

Century Aluminum Company

Application for Qualification of Indenture on Form T-3

Filed December 7, 2009

File No. 022-28921

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Section 307 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder (the “Trust Indenture Act”), Century Aluminum Company (the “Applicant”) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Application for Qualification of Indenture on Form T-3 (File No. 022-28921) (the “Application”) be accelerated so that it becomes effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December 9, 2009 or as soon thereafter as is practicable.

As part of this Application, the Applicant acknowledges the following:

•

should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Application effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Application;

•

the action of the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relive the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Application; and

•

the Applicant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Please confirm that the Application has been declared effective by telephoning Michael Aklufi of Jones Day at (212) 326-8392.

* * *

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

December 7, 2009

Page 2

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Very truly yours,
CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY

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Century Aluminum Company

2511 Garden Road

Building A, Suite 200

Monterey, California 93940

December 7, 2009

VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

         Re:

    Century Aluminum Company

Application for Qualification of Indenture on Form T-3

Filed December 7, 2009

File No. 022-28921

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Section 307 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules
promulgated thereunder (the “Trust Indenture Act”), Century Aluminum Company (the
“Applicant”) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Application for Qualification of
Indenture on Form T-3 (File No. 022-28921) (the “Application”) be accelerated so that it
becomes effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December 9, 2009 or as soon thereafter as is
practicable.

     As part of this Application, the Applicant acknowledges the following:

    •

    should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare
the Application effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any
action with respect to the Application;

    •

    the action of the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relive the Company from its
full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the
Application; and

    •

    the Applicant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness
as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.

     Please confirm that the Application has been declared effective by telephoning Michael Aklufi
of Jones Day at (212) 326-8392.

* * *

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

December 7, 2009

Page 2

     Thank you for your attention to this matter.

    Very truly yours,

CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY

    By:
              /s/ William J. Leatherberry

    Name:
    William J. Leatherberry

    Title:
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Assistant Secretary

    cc:

    Michael Aklufi, Esq. (Jones Day)