We are experiencing the bottom-line impact of productivity improvements and the elimination of waste,

However, as these markets continued to decline in the third quarter, it became likely that even with our efforts, third-quarter earnings will probably fall below the 2000 second-quarter level.

achieve future sustained savings and profitable growth.

The fourth quarter has proven to be extremely challenging as a result of lower volumes, depressed metal prices, and overall weak downstream markets.

If economic trends solidify, we should continue to see improving profitability over the second half of the year, even at current aluminum prices,

As demand for aluminum strengthens, we will capture the efficiencies generated by last year's strategic restructuring of our operations,