Alcoa Inc. engages in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina worldwide. It involves in the technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling of aluminum. The company's products include precision castings, and aerospace and industrial fasteners. Alcoa offers flat-rolled products, such as sheet and plate, foil products, and can reclamations; extruded and end products, including extrusion and architectural products; auto engineering products; and automotive components. Its products are used in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, building and construction, oil and gas, defense, and industrial applications. The company has bauxite mining interests in Australia, Brazil, Guinea, Jamaica, and Suriname. It has a strategic cooperation agreement with the Peoples Government of Henan Province in China to jointly establish projects for the fabricated and primary aluminum industry. Alcoa was founded in 1888 and is based in New York, New York.