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Primary Production of Aluminum: capital spending and supply chain

SIC 3334 · 2 companies with filed cash-flow statements

Capital spending, 12 months$926M
Operating cash flow$2.3B
Capex / cash flow40%
Capex / revenue5.4%
Top 3 share100%

Analysis

2 companies in Primary Production of Aluminum (SIC 3334) spent $926M on capital projects over their latest twelve months, 40% of the $2.3B their operations generated.

Capital spending is 5.4% of the industry's $17.3B of annual revenue.

By the industry's asset mix most of it goes to equipment (46%); about $165M is imported.

The largest supplier of that spending is manufacturing structures ($322M).

Its largest supplying industries, by the input-output tables: imports ($2.7B), electric power generation, transmission, and distribution ($1.9B), secondary smelting and alloying of aluminum ($1.2B).

Charts

Primary Production of Aluminum: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsPrimary Production of Aluminum: capital spending by company, latest twelve monthsAA$719MCENX$207M
Filed cash-flow statements (SEC XBRL).
Primary Production of Aluminum: what the capital spending buys (US part)Primary Production of Aluminum: what the capital spending buys (US part)Structures$329MEquipment$352MSoftware$34.0MOther$46.3M
Capital spending × the industry’s asset mix (BEA fixed assets): grade C, an industry average applied to filed figures.
Primary Production of Aluminum: the industries that build and sell what it buysPrimary Production of Aluminum: the industries that build and sell what it buysManufacturing structures$322MMachine tool manufacturing$76.7MCutting and machine tool accessor…$52.6MSpecial tool, die, jig, and fixtu…$52.2MMaterial handling equipment manuf…$24.6MAir conditioning, refrigeration, …$22.9MPlate work and fabricated structu…$21.9MSoftware publishers$19.1MOther general purpose machinery m…$16.7MMeasuring, dispensing, and other …$14.4M
BEA fixed assets: investment by asset type → supplying industry. Estimates (grade C).
Primary Production of Aluminum: its first-tier supplying industriesPrimary Production of Aluminum: its first-tier supplying industriesImports$2.7BElectric power generation, transm…$1.9BSecondary smelting and alloying o…$1.2BAlumina refining and primary alum…$572MIron, gold, silver, and other met…$541MManagement of companies and enter…$362MState and local government electr…$317MOther basic inorganic chemical ma…$277MInsurance agencies, brokerages, a…$264MTruck transportation$246M
Purchased inputs × the industry’s input mix (BEA Use table), US part: grade C.
Primary Production of Aluminum: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Primary Production of Aluminum: where the industry's cash came from (+) and went (−)Cash added to the balance she…−$3.6BOther financing (in)$2.7BOperating cash flow$2.3BCapital spending−$926MNet debt repaid−$476MOther investing (in)$214MOther financing (out)−$116MDividends−$106MOther investing (out)−$57.0MTaxes paid on employees' shar…−$37.2MSales of assets & businesses$10.1MExchange-rate losses on cash−$4.0M
The companies’ cash-flow statements, latest four quarters or fiscal year: every figure filed (grade A).

Capital spending by company

CompanyCapital spendingOperating cash flowCapex / OCFPeriod
AA Alcoa$719M$1.6B45%TTM to Q3 2026
CENX Century Aluminum$207M$734M28%TTM to Q3 2026

Customers and suppliers named in annual reports

SupplierCustomerShare of supplier revenueEvidenceSource
AAKALU—Stated in 10-K (named, share not stated)filing

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Evidence grades: A filed figure · B computed from filed figures · C industry average (BEA input-output and fixed-asset tables) applied to filed figures. Estimates are not the companies’ own records. Not investment advice.