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Curtailment of Operations - Hawesville
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Curtailment of Operations - Hawesville Curtailment of Operations - Hawesville
In August 2022, we fully curtailed production at the Hawesville facility and expect to continue to maintain the plant with the intention of restarting operations when market conditions permit, including energy prices returning to more normalized levels and aluminum prices maintaining levels that can support the on-going costs and capital expenditures necessary to restart and operate the plant.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, we incurred curtailment charges of $16.6 million, including $9.0 million related to excess capacity charges. These charges were partially offset by income related to scrap and materials sales of $1.7 million. Comparatively, for the year ended December 31, 2022, we recognized an impairment charge of $159.4 million, approximately $18.1 million of expense during the year related to wages and severance triggered by our issuance of the WARN notice and excess capacity charges, partially offset by final plant idling activities. We also recognized a non-cash other postretirement
benefits ("OPEB") curtailment gain totaling $8.9 million. See Note 13. Pension and other postretirement benefits to the consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information.