Alcoa Corporation achieved two strategically important developments for its Massena Operations in New York. First, the company signed a new 10-year energy contract with the New York Power Authority (NYPA). In addition, the company announced a capital investment of approximately $60 million in the facility’s anode baking furnace, a key component of the aluminum smelting process.
“We are proud to make aluminum in New York and the United States,” said William F. Oplinger, president and CEO of Alcoa. “Long-term, competitively priced energy enables Alcoa to proceed with this important investment that will help us meet the demands of today while planning for tomorrow. We are extremely pleased to have worked with NYPA and ESD to achieve this outcome for our Massena Operations, which will continue to bring economic benefits to the region and sustain American manufacturing.”
Massena Operations has an annual nameplate capacity of 130,000 tonnes and is the world’s longest continuously operating smelter, with aluminum production beginning in 1902. It is one of the four remaining smelters in the U.S., employing approximately 550 workers (including contractors).
The new 10-year energy contract provides Massena Operations with 240 MW of competitively priced renewable energy. The contract will take effect on April 1, 2026, with the possibility to extend it for two additional five-year terms. This ensures the continued operation of the smelter.
In addition to the contract, Alcoa is investing approximately $60 million through 2028 to rebuild and modernize the smelter’s anode baking furnace, which supplies the smelting process with anodes. This investment is made possible by the new energy contract and a grant of approximately $6 million from Empire State Development (ESD).
Alcoa is a global industry leader in bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products with a vision to build a legacy of excellence for future generations. The company has a values-based approach that encompasses integrity, operating excellence, care for people, and courageous leadership. Since developing the process that made aluminum an affordable and vital part of modern life, Alcoa’s talented personnel have developed breakthrough innovations and best practices that have led to greater efficiency, safety, sustainability, and stronger communities wherever the company operates.