CHICAGO, IL -- (Marketwired) -- 06/16/14 -- Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Rick T. Dillon as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Century. Prior to joining Century, Mr. Dillon served as Vice President of Finance - Surface Mining Group at Joy Global Inc., a publicly traded manufacturer of high-productivity mining solutions. Mr. Dillon joined Joy Global in 2009 as Vice President - Corporate Controller & Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Dillon served as Vice President - Business Planning and Analysis for Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. He has also held the Chief Accounting Officer role at Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. and Briggs & Stratton Corporation. Mr. Dillon holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and a B.S. in Accounting from Marquette University.

Michael Bless, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Our Board and I are very pleased to bring Rick onboard. His broad-based financial expertise, combined with his background in the manufacturing sector, should serve us well as we continue to improve our competitiveness in the global aluminum industry. We look forward to having Rick on the executive management team and are excited about the value Rick will bring to all facets of our business."

About Century Aluminum
Century Aluminum Company owns primary aluminum capacity in the United States and Iceland. Century's corporate offices are located in Chicago, IL.
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Certified Advisors for the First North market of the OMX Nordic Exchange Iceland hf. for Global Depositary Receipts in Iceland:

Atli B. Gudmundsson, Senior Manager -- Corporate Finance, Landsbankinn hf.
Steingrimur Helgason, Director -- Corporate Finance, Landsbankinn hf.

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