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    <filerInfo>
      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: GLENCORE INTERNATIONAL AG -->
          <cik>0001032383</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
        </filerCredentials>
      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



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    <issuerInfo>
      <issuerCik>0000949157</issuerCik>
      <issuerName>CENTURY ALUMINUM CO</issuerName>
      <secFileNumber>001-34474</secFileNumber>
      <issuerAddress>
        <com:street1>One South Wacker Drive, Suite 1000</com:street1>
        <com:city>Chicago</com:city>
        <com:stateOrCountry>IL</com:stateOrCountry>
        <com:zipCode>60606</com:zipCode>
      </issuerAddress>
      <issuerContactPhone>312-696-3101</issuerContactPhone>
      <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Glencore International AG</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
      <relationshipsToIssuer>
        <relationshipToIssuer>10% Stockholder</relationshipToIssuer>
      </relationshipsToIssuer>
    </issuerInfo>
    <securitiesInformation>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock(1)(2)</securitiesClassTitle>
      <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <name>Citigroup Global Markets Inc</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>388 Greenwich St.</com:street1>
          <com:street2>4th Floor Trading</com:street2>
          <com:city>New York</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>10013</com:zipCode>
        </address>
      </brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
      <noOfUnitsSold>6315245</noOfUnitsSold>
      <aggregateMarketValue>51.75</aggregateMarketValue>
      <noOfUnitsOutstanding>98969007</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
      <approxSaleDate>03/04/2026</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>NASDAQ</securitiesExchangeName>
    </securitiesInformation>
    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>12/15/2022</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>See Note (3)</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>See Note (3)</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>27500000</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>12/15/2022</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>See Note (3)</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <remarks>(1) Aggregate Market Value of shares based on a share price of $51.75 on March 4, 2026. (2) Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding is based on information provided by the Issuer in its Current Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2026. (3) Securities to be sold were acquired via a transfer to Glencore International AG by Givolon Limited on December 15, 2022 for no consideration in connection with the termination of a 2017 financing and related pledge among Glencore AG, Ryfold Limited and Givolon Limited.</remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>03/04/2026</noticeDate>
      <signature>/s/ John Burton</signature>
    </noticeSignature>
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