ARS Aleris Corp. Common Stock

BEACHWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aleris International, Inc. (NYSE:ARS) announced today that it has completed the previously announced sale of the real property and buildings at its former manufacturing site in Carson, California. Aleris discontinued its aluminum rolling operations at this facility in the first quarter of 2006 and later completed dismantling operations. Aleris International, Inc. is a global leader in aluminum rolled products and extrusions, aluminum recycling and specification alloy production. The Company is also a recycler of zinc and a leading U.S. manufacturer of zinc metal and value-added zinc products that include zinc oxide and zinc dust. Headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, the Company operates 50 production facilities in North America, Europe, South America and Asia, and employs approximately 8,600 employees. For more information about Aleris, please visit our Web site at http://www.aleris.com/. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050504/CLW056LOGO ) http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050504/CLW056LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aleris International, Inc. CONTACT: Michael D. Friday of Aleris International, Inc., +1-216-910-3503 Web site: http://aleris.com/

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