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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Related Party Transactions
The significant related party transactions occurring during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are described below. We believe all of our transactions with related parties are at prices that approximate market.
Glencore ownership
As of December 31, 2020, Glencore plc and its affiliates (together "Glencore") beneficially owned 42.9% of Century’s outstanding common stock (46.8% on a fully-diluted basis assuming the conversion of all of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) and all of our outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.  See Note 7. Shareholders' Equity for a full description of our outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Century and Glencore enter into various transactions from time to time such as the purchase and sale of primary aluminum, purchase and sale of alumina, tolling agreements as well as forward financial contracts and borrowing and other debt transactions.
Sales to Glencore
For the year ended December 31, 2020, we derived approximately 64% of our consolidated sales from Glencore.
Glencore purchases aluminum produced at our U.S. smelters at prices based on the LME plus the Midwest regional delivery premium plus any additional market-based product premiums. Glencore purchases aluminum produced at our
Grundartangi, Iceland smelter at prices based on the LME plus the European Duty Paid premium plus any additional market-based product premiums.
We have entered into agreements with Glencore pursuant to which we sell certain amounts of alumina at market-based prices. For the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, we recorded $17.9 million and $28.7 million of revenue related to alumina sales to Glencore, respectively. We did not have alumina sales to Glencore in 2018.
Purchases from Glencore
We purchase a portion of our alumina and certain other raw material requirements from Glencore. Alumina purchases from Glencore during 2020 were priced based on published alumina and aluminum indices.
Financial contracts with Glencore
We have certain financial contracts with Glencore. See Note 19. Derivatives regarding these forward financial sales contracts.
Hawesville Term Loan
On April 29, 2019, we entered into a loan agreement with Glencore Ltd. pursuant to which the Company borrowed $40.0 million (the "Hawesville Term Loan”).  See Note 6. Debt for additional information. Borrowings under the Hawesville Term Loan were used to partially finance the second phase of the Hawesville restart project.
Summary
A summary of the aforementioned significant related party transactions for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:
 Year Ended December 31,
 202020192018
Net sales to Glencore$1,025.5 $1,191.6 $1,204.5 
Purchases from Glencore197.6 323.9 319.6 
Purchases from BHH (1)
— 17.8 28.4 
(1) We previously owned a 40% interest in Baise Haohai Carbon Co. Ltd. ("BHH") and purchased carbon anodes from them for use in our operations. Purchases represented herein were prior to the divestiture of our interest in BHH in May 2019.