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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-09-068968
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091207

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	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">United States Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance<BR>
100 F Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549

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    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Re:</TD>
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    <TD>Century Aluminum Company<br>
Application for Qualification of Indenture on Form&nbsp;T-3<br>
Filed December&nbsp;7, 2009<br>
<U>File No.&nbsp;022-28921&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Section&nbsp;307 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules
promulgated thereunder (the &#147;<U>Trust Indenture Act</U>&#148;), Century Aluminum Company (the
&#147;<U>Applicant</U>&#148;) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the Application for Qualification of
Indenture on Form T-3 (File No.&nbsp;022-28921) (the &#147;<U>Application</U>&#148;) be accelerated so that it
becomes effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December&nbsp;9, 2009 or as soon thereafter as is
practicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As part of this Application, the Applicant acknowledges the following:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>should the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare
the Application effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any
action with respect to the Application;</TD>
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    <TD>the action of the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relive the Company from its
full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the
Application; and</TD>
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    <TD>the Applicant may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness
as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please confirm that the Application has been declared effective by telephoning Michael Aklufi
of Jones Day at (212)&nbsp;326-8392.
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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>
Page 2

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Very truly yours,<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<B>CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William J. Leatherberry
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">William J. Leatherberry&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Senior Vice President, General Counsel<br>
and Assistant Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">cc:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Michael Aklufi, Esq. (Jones Day)</TD>
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