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| TABLE 3 | ||||
| CAPACITIES OF DOMESTIC ALUMINA PLANTS, DECEMBER 311, 2 | ||||
| (Thousand metric tons per year) | ||||
| Company and plant | 2005 | 2006 | ||
| Alcoa Inc., Point Comfort, TX | 2,300 | 2,300 | ||
| Gramercy Alumina LLC, Gramercy, LA3 | 1,250 | 1,250 | ||
| Ormet Corp., Burnside, LA | 600 | 600 | ||
| Sherwin Alumina Co., Corpus Christi, TX4 | 1,600 | 1,600 | ||
| Total | 5,750 | 5,750 | ||
| 1Capacity may vary depending on the bauxite used. | ||||
| 2Data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown. | ||||
| 3Jointly owned by Century Aluminum Co. and Xstrata plc. | ||||
| 4Jointly owned by Houshang LLC and Minmetals Co. Ltd. during 2006. Sold to | ||||
| Glencore International AG in 2007. | ||||
Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program