Higher Aluminum Prices Boost Alcoa Q1 Profit

April 12, 2011
Sales were up 5.4% from previous quarter

Alcoa recorded $308 million in net earnings for the three months to March 31, compared with $258 million the previous quarter and a loss of $172 million a year earlier.

Earnings per share came in at 28 cents, compared with 27 cents forecast by analysts.

Gross sales were up 5.4% to $5.96 billion from the previous quarter, and compared to $4.89 billion a year ago.

The company, one of the 30 members of the all-blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, credited higher prices for alumina and aluminum, and growing demand for aluminum products in end-markets.

Alcoa said it expected global demand would grow by 12% in 2011 after a 13% rise last year.

"Our outlook for the rest of 2011 and beyond remains very positive due to the world's growing population, increasing urbanization, and aluminum's advantages as a light, strong and recyclable material," Alcoa chief executive Klaus Kleinfeld said.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2011

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