# Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Critical Minerals Exposure

Alcoa is linked to 1 critical mineral: a producer of aluminum. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as AA and based in the USA.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/alcoa-nyse-aa
Exchange: NYSE
Ticker: AA
Country: USA
Production verified from filings: yes

## Critical minerals linked to Alcoa

| Mineral | Role | Price per kg (USD) | 1M change | Stocks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Aluminum](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/aluminum-price-us) | Producer | $3.63 per kg contained | −7.7% | [Aluminum stocks](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/aluminum-stocks) |

## Sectors Alcoa serves

- [AI](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/ai)
- [Batteries](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/batteries)
- [Defence](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/defence)
- [Electric Vehicles](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/electric-vehicles)
- [Power Grids](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/power-grids)
- [Robotics](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/robotics)
- [Semiconductors](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/semiconductors)

## About Alcoa

Alcoa is a Pittsburgh-based producer that runs the whole aluminum chain, from bauxite mines through alumina refineries to smelters. Its operations stretch across Australia, the Americas and Europe, making it one of the few Western producers with real scale at every stage. Alongside primary metal it sells alumina to other smelters, so its fortunes track both halves of the market.

## Alcoa's critical minerals business

Aluminum is Alcoa's only critical mineral, and it takes part in every stage of making it. Bauxite from its mines feeds its alumina refineries, which in turn feed smelters producing primary metal for packaging, transport, construction and power lines. Because aluminum is light, conductive and endlessly recyclable, demand for it rises with electric vehicles, grid expansion and lighter aerospace and defence components.

## Where Alcoa operates

Alcoa mines bauxite in Western Australia's Darling Range and in Brazil, refines alumina in Western Australia, Brazil and Spain, and smelts aluminum in the United States, Canada, Norway, Iceland and Spain. Its Canadian smelters in Quebec, among the most efficient in its system, run on hydropower.

## In the Stockatomics Terminal

Share price against its minerals, mineral exposure by value, the exposure score and its components, verified production with sources, downstream demand exposure and catalysts affecting Alcoa.

## FAQ

### Which critical minerals does Alcoa produce?

Alcoa is linked to 1 critical mineral: it is a producer of aluminum. Each mineral's price is on its page: [Aluminum](/commodities/aluminum-price-us).

### Is Alcoa an aluminum stock?

Yes. Alcoa is a producer of aluminum, one of the 7 listed companies Stockatomics links to it. [See all aluminum stocks](/commodities/aluminum-stocks).

### Where is Alcoa listed?

Alcoa is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker AA (NYSE: AA), and is based in the USA.

### Does Alcoa mine its own bauxite?

Yes. It mines bauxite in Western Australia and Brazil, which feeds its own alumina refineries, so it controls the whole chain from ore to primary aluminum.

### Where are Alcoa's aluminum smelters?

In the United States, Canada, Norway, Iceland and Spain, with the Canadian smelters in Quebec running on hydropower.

## Related companies

- [Century Aluminum](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/century-aluminum-nasdaq-cenx) (NASDAQ: CENX): Aluminum
- [Chalco](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/chalco-hkg-2600) (HKG: 2600): Aluminum, Gallium
- [China Hongqiao](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/china-hongqiao-hkg-1378) (HKG: 1378): Aluminum
- [Norsk Hydro](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/norsk-hydro-osl-nhy) (OSL: NHY): Aluminum
- [Rio Tinto](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/rio-tinto-nyse-rio) (NYSE: RIO): Aluminum, Boron, Copper, Gallium, Lithium, Scandium, Silver, Titanium
- [South32](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/south32-asx-s32) (ASX: S32): Aluminum, Manganese

## Sources

- Company filings: Alcoa’s minerals and its role in each.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Stockatomics: each mineral’s benchmark price per kg.

Last updated 18 October 2026.