- Receipt of Requisite Consents in Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation Related to Its 7.5% Senior Notes Due 2014

MONTEREY, CA--(Marketwire - November 19, 2009) - Century Aluminum Company (the
"Company") (NASDAQ: CENX) today announced that it has received the requisite
consents in its exchange offer and consent solicitation related to its 7.5%
Senior Notes due 2014, CUSIP No. 156431AH1 (the "2014 Notes"). The Company has
been advised by the information and exchange agent for the exchange offer and
consent solicitation that holders of approximately 97% of the aggregate
principal amount of the 2014 Notes had tendered 2014 Notes in the exchange
offer and delivered related consents in the consent solicitation by 11:59 p.m.,
New York City time, on November 18, 2009 (the "Consent Payment Deadline"). 

Holders of 2014 Notes not tendered prior to the Consent Payment Deadline may
tender their notes and deliver related consents until 11:59 p.m., New York City
time, on December 3, 2009, but will receive in exchange only the Company's
newly issued 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2014 (the "Exchange Notes") and not
the consent payment.
 
This press release does not constitute an offer to exchange or a solicitation
of consents relating to the 2014 Notes or any other securities of the Company.
The exchange offer and consent solicitation is being made pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") contained in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities
Act. The Company has not filed and will not file a registration statement under
the Securities Act or any other federal or state securities laws with respect
to the offer of Exchange Notes in the exchange offer and consent solicitation
related to the 2014 Notes described above. 

Century Aluminum Company owns primary aluminum capacity in the United States
and Iceland. Century's corporate offices are located in Monterey, California. 

Cautionary Statement 
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of U.S. federal securities laws. The company has based its forward-looking
statements on current expectations and projections about the future; however,
these statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, any of
which could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in its forward-looking statements. More information about these
risks, uncertainties and assumptions can be found in the risk factors and
forward-looking statements cautionary language contained in the company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other filings made with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The company does not undertake, and specifically
disclaims, any obligation to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect
the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after
the date such forward-looking statements are made. 

Certified Advisors for the First North market of the OMX Nordic Exchange
Iceland hf. for Global Depositary Receipts in Iceland:
 
Atli B. Gudmundsson, Senior Manager - Corporate Finance, NBI hf. 
Steingrimur Helgason, Director - Corporate Finance, NBI hf. 

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