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Forward delivery contracts and financial instruments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Forward Delivery Contracts and Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Schedule of Forward Physical Delivery Agreements | Forward Physical Delivery Agreements Primary Aluminum Sales Contracts
Contract | Customer | Volume | Term | Pricing
Glencore Grundartangi Metal Agreement (1) | Glencore | All primary aluminum produced at Grundartangi, net of tolling and other sales commitments | January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2017 | Variable, based on LME and European Duty Paid premium and product premiums, as applicable
(1) | The Glencore Grundartangi Metal Agreement is for all metal produced at Grundartangi from 2014 through 2017 less commitments under existing tolling and other sales contracts. Grundartangi currently estimates that it will sell Glencore approximately 205,000 tonnes of aluminum under this agreement in 2015.
See Note 22 Subsequent events for additional information about a new aluminum supply agreement with Glencore. Tolling Contracts
Contract | Customer | Volume | Term | Pricing
Glencore Toll Agreement | Glencore | 90,000 tonnes per year ("tpy") | Through July 2016 | Variable, based on LME and European Duty Paid premium
Apart from the Glencore Grundartangi Metal Agreement, the Southwire Metal Agreement (which expired at the end of 2014) and the Glencore Sweep Agreement (a contract for all metal produced in the U.S. in 2013, less existing sales agreements and valued-added metal sales, which expired at the end of 2013), we had the following forward delivery contractual commitments: Other forward delivery contracts
| December 31, 2014 | December 31, 2013
| (in tonnes)
Other forward delivery contracts – total | 6,108 |  | 118,373 |
Other forward delivery contracts – Glencore | 4,058 |  | 20,008 |

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