Century Aluminum Company (CENX) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us and welcome to Century Aluminum Company first quarter 2026 earnings conference call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I will now hand the conference over to Chad Rigg, Vice President, Finance and Treasure. Please go ahead. Thank you, Operator. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the first quarter conference call. I'm joined here today by Jesse Gary, Century's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Peter Trypkowski, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. After our prepared comments, we will take your questions. As a reminder, today's presentation is available on our website at www.centuryaluminum.com. We use our website as a means of disclosing material information about the company and for complying with Regulation FD. Turning to slide two, please take a moment to review the cautionary statements with respect to forward-looking statements and non-GAAP financial measures in today's discussion. And with that, I'll hand the call to Jesse. Thanks, Chad, and thanks to everyone for joining. I'll start today with a discussion of the dynamic global aluminum market and the opportunities that we see for Sentry going forward to provide secure supply chains into the U.S. and European markets. I'll then review our first quarter operational performance, including the excellent progress we made on our Mount Holly expansion project and the restart of Hotline 2 at Grundertage. Pete will then walk you through our Q1 results and Q2 outlook before I conclude the call with the latest on our new Oklahoma smelter project with EGA. Just before we get started...