Episode 248: Alcoa posts record quarter, citing China and higher metal prices

This week’s episode features Alcoa’s second-quarter conference call, with president and chief executive officer Roy Harvey and executive vice-president and chief financial officer William Oplinger. Harvey and Oplinger showcase the company’s record earnings and highlight the big issues impacting the aluminum market, such as China cracking down on aluminum smelters and higher metal prices. They also highlight the company’s new ‘mechanical vapour recompression technology’, which they say reduces carbon from refineries by 70%. All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits: “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (www.incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/