UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
______________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest reported event): October 27, 2009

NORANDA ALUMINUM HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

333-148977

20-8908550

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

801 Crescent Centre Drive, Suite 600, Franklin, Tennessee 37067

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

On October 27, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing preliminary financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2009. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this Current Report, including the exhibit, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing.

See the Index of Exhibits attached to this Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			NORANDA ALUMINUM
			HOLDING CORPORATION


Date:	October 27, 2009	By:	/s/ Robert B. Mahoney
			Robert B. Mahoney
			Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit
Number	Description

99.1	Press release October 27, 2009