Century Aluminum Company - Company Announcement

- Century Aluminum Prices Common Stock Offering

MONTEREY, CA--(Marketwire - January 28, 2009) - Century Aluminum Company
(NASDAQ: CENX) today announced the pricing of the underwritten public offering
of 24,500,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $4.50 per
share. All of the shares are being offered by Century Aluminum. 

Century has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an
additional 3,675,000 shares of its common stock to cover over-allotments, if
any. The offering is expected to close on or about February 3, 2009, subject to
customary conditions. 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated are
acting as underwriters for the offering. 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. 

Century Aluminum Company owns primary aluminum capacity in the United States
and Iceland, as well as an ownership interest in alumina and bauxite assets in
the United States and Jamaica. Century's corporate offices are located in
Monterey, California. 

Cautionary Statement 

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of U.S. federal securities laws. The company has based its forward-looking
statements on current expectations and projections about the future; however,
these statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, any of
which could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in its forward-looking statements. More information about these
risks, uncertainties and assumptions can be found in the risk factors and
forward-looking statements cautionary language contained in the company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other filings made with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The company does not undertake, and specifically
disclaims, any obligation to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect
the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after
the date such forward-looking statements are made. 

Certified Advisors for the First North market of the OMX Nordic Exchange
Iceland hf. for Global Depositary Receipts in Iceland: 


Helga Gunnarsdottir, Director-Corporate Finance, NBI hf.
Astros Vidarsdottir, Senior Manager-Corporate Finance, NBI hf.


Contacts:
Mike Dildine (media)
831-642-9364

Shelly Lair (investors)
831-642-9357