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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-09-068704
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091207

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000949157
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM [3334]
		IRS NUMBER:				133070826
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2511 GARDEN ROAD
		STREET 2:		BUILDING A SUITE 200
		CITY:			MONTEREY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93940
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3042736000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2511 GARDEN ROAD
		STREET 2:		BUILDING A SUITE 200
		CITY:			MONTEREY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93940
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Century Aluminum Company</B><BR>
2511 Garden Road<BR>
Building A, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Monterey, California 93940
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">December&nbsp;7, 2009

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mr.&nbsp;H. Roger Schwall and Mr.&nbsp;John P. Lucas<BR>
Division of Corporate Finance<BR>
United States Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
100 F Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, DC 20549

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>Century Aluminum Company</B><br>
<B>Application for Qualification of Indenture on Form&nbsp;T-3</B><br>
<B>Filed December&nbsp;2, 2009</B><br>
<B>File No.&nbsp;022-28921</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Schwall and Mr.&nbsp;Lucas:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This letter responds to your December&nbsp;4, 2009 comment letter relating to Century Aluminum
Company&#146;s Application for Qualification of Indenture on Form T-3. Responses are numbered to
correspond to those in the comment letter. For your convenience, the comments are repeated below.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>General</U>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>1.</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>Given that you have commenced the exchange offer and consent solicitation prior to filing
this application for qualification of the indenture, please tell us what consideration you
have given to &#167; </B><B>306(c)</B><B> of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>RESPONSE: </B>We have filed a Form T-3/A to disclose the following:</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&#147;<I>Trust Indenture Act of 1939</I>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby acknowledges that, under Section 306(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended (the &#147;Trust Indenture Act&#148;), it shall be unlawful for any person, directly or
indirectly, to make use of any means or instruments of transportation or communication in
interstate commerce or of the mails to offer to sell through the use or medium of any prospectus or
otherwise any security which is not registered under the Securities Act and to which this
subsection is applicable notwithstanding the provisions of Section&nbsp;304 of the Trust Indenture Act,
unless such security has been or is to be issued under an indenture and an application for
qualification has been filed as to such indenture, or while the application is the subject of a
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">United States Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
December&nbsp;7, 2009<BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">refusal order or stop order or (prior to qualification) any public proceeding or examination under
Section 307(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. The failure to file an application on a timely basis
could result in an enforcement or other action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company acknowledges that the Application was not filed until after the exchange offer and
consent solicitation was commenced. The Company extended the expiration of the exchange offer and
consent solicitation to allow time to complete the qualification of the Exchange Notes Indenture
under the Trust Indenture Act. The Company represents that none of the Exchange Notes have been
issued and covenants that none of the Exchange Notes will be issued prior to the Application being
declared effective.&#148;
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>We note that you engaged an &#147;information and exchange agent&#148; for the exchange offer and
consent solicitation, as well as several other printing, financial, and legal advisers.
Please explain the duties performed by this information and exchange agent, specifically
whether it or any other advisor were retained to or did make recommendations with respect to
the proposed exchange or encouragements to vote in a particular manner.</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>RESPONSE: </B>We have filed a Form T-3/A to disclose the following:</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;The information and exchange agent for the exchange offer and consent solicitation performed
ministerial functions, including receiving consents, letters of transmittal and correspondence in
connection with the exchange offer, answering questions concerning tender procedures and answering
questions and requests for assistance or additional copies of the Offering Circular and Consent
Solicitation Statement. Neither the information and exchange agent nor any other advisor was
retained to or did make recommendations with respect to the proposed exchange or encouragements to
vote in a particular manner.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">United States Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
December&nbsp;7, 2009<BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please contact me at (831)&nbsp;642-9960 if you have any questions regarding our responses.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">Sincerely,

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">/s/ William J. Leatherberry

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 50%">William J. Leatherberry<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and<BR>
Assistant Secretary

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">cc: Alexander A. Gendzier, Esq. (Jones Day)
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