# Alcoa **Alcoa** (the Aluminum Company of America) is the aluminum producer that [[Andrew Mellon]] helped organize and finance; for decades it held a near-monopoly on U.S. aluminum production and was a cornerstone of the [[Scaife-Mellon Family]] industrial fortune. The family's controlling stake was diluted over generations; Alcoa remains a major public company. > Status: **stub** — expand the Mellon stake, the antitrust history, and the company's arc.