Alcoa Earnings Preview: Productivity Improvements To Partially Offset Impact Of Weak Aluminum Prices

Alcoa will release its third quarter results and conduct a conference call with analysts on Thursday, October 8.The prevailing weakness in aluminum prices is expected to negatively impact the company's results. However, the company's efforts to boost the productivity of its operations, including the closure of high cost smelting capacity, will at least partially offset the impact of weak aluminum prices on the results. In addition, a string of acquisitions pertaining to Alcoa's value-added busin...