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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000949157-13-000088
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131118

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:		1 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3126963101

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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<a name="s02C48396F4B50E3D75909F5479EEFDCA"></a><div><div style="line-height:100%;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:168px;text-indent:-168px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:168px;text-indent:-168px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;_______________________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:168px;text-indent:-168px;font-size:16pt;"><img src="centuryltrheadlogoa04.jpg" style="height:22px;width:182px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:108px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;</font><img src="finalresponseletterto_image1.gif" style="height:22px;width:182px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">November 18, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">VIA EDGAR AND E-MAIL</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">United States Securities &amp; Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549-510F</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Attention: &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Ms. Tia L. Jenkins, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Office of Beverage, Apparel, and Mining</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Suying Li, Staff Accountant</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:96px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Raj Rajan, Staff Accountant</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:240px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Century Aluminum Company</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Filed March 18, 2013</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;File No. 1-34474</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:30px;text-indent:42px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Century Aluminum Company, a Delaware corporation ("Century" or the "Company"), hereby provides this submission in response to your letter dated November 4, 2013 (the "Comment Letter"), relating to our filings with the Securities &amp; Exchange Commission (the "Commission") referenced above.  For ease of review, we restate the questions from your Comment Letter and provide our response directly below.    </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">1.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">We note significant fluctuations in your cash flows from operating activities during the period presented. Your cash flows from operating activities decreased by $134 Million during 2011 and increased by $40 million during 2012.  We note that you have provided a general discussion for the reasons for the change.  However, your discussions did not clearly identify the specific quantitative effect of the underlying causal factors responsible for the change.  To enhance the investor's understanding, please confirm that in the future filings, you will include robust discussions describing and quantifying the specific effect of the significant drivers that contributed to the material changes in your operating cash flows.  Please provide us with a draft of proposed disclosures to be included in future filings.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">RESPONSE</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Company will include in our future filings, in the event that significant fluctuations occur for the periods presented, discussions that describe and quantify any specific drivers that had a significant and material impact on our cash flows from operating activities.  For example, the following is an example of a hypothetical disclosure for the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Our cash flows from operating activities fluctuated from net cash provided by operating activities of $37.1 million in 2012 to net cash used in operating activities of $2.9 million in 2011. The increase in net cash from operating activities was due to lower net pension and benefits contributions of $14.0 million, lower net income and withholding tax payments in Iceland of $24.4 million, an insurance settlement received in 2012 for $7.9 million, other changes in working capital totaling $18.0 million in the aggregate and non-recurring costs incurred in 2011 associated with the restart of a curtailed potline of $8.6 million. </font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:288px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:9pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="80%"></td><td width="20%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Century Aluminum Company</font></div><div style="font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">1 S. Wacker Drive, Ste 1000</font></div><div style="font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">Chicago, IL  60606</font></div><div style="font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">312-696-3101  Office</font></div><div style="font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;">312-696-3102  Fax</font></div><div style="font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s02C48396F4B50E3D75909F5479EEFDCA"></a><div><div style="line-height:100%;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:168px;text-indent:-168px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:168px;text-indent:-168px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;_______________________________________________________________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:100%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding-left:168px;text-indent:-168px;font-size:16pt;"><img src="centuryltrheadlogoa04.jpg" style="height:22px;width:182px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:108px;text-indent:0px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;</font><img src="finalresponseletterto_image1.gif" style="height:22px;width:182px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The increase in net cash from operating activities in 2012 was partially offset by the impact of lower LME prices in 2012 compared to 2011.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Our cash flows from operating activities fluctuated from net cash used in operating activities of $2.9 million in 2011 to net cash provided by operating activities of $131.5 million in 2010.  The decrease in cash from operating activities in 2011 was due to net withholding tax payments in Iceland of $20.2 million, pension and benefit contributions of $34.4 million, an increase in working capital of $18.3 million (primarily associated with the restart of a curtailed potline and resulting operational inefficiencies at our Hawesville, Kentucky smelter), the reduction of the benefits received for the E.ON contractual receivable in 2011 of $55.7 million (the E.ON contractual receivable expired in 2010) and other changes in working capital totaling $5.8 million in the aggregate. The decrease in net cash from operating activities in 2011 was partially offset by the impact of higher LME prices in 2011 compared to 2010.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Century acknowledges that:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">it is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">it may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Please do not hesitate to contact me at (312) 696-3101 should you have any further questions or require additional information.  </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Sincerely,</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="59%"></td><td width="41%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">/s/ Jesse E. 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