Alcoa flags 'pretty aggressive' cost cuts at alumina refineries
Alcoa chief executive Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the US aluminium specialist could take strong action to boost profits from alumina, most of which it refines in Western Australia.
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Will Australia revisit the deal that led a Pittsburgh firm to depend on the ore beneath its trees?
Destroyed forest. Threatened water supply. Toxic towns. Mountains of residue. Will the WA Government demand better?
Labor MP lashes "untrustworthy, grubby" Chevron for sending Aussie engineering jobs to India
Chevron's disregard for requirements to use WA labour where practical, and to insist its contractors do the same, has been blasted in WA's Parliament.
Alcoa’s Australian refineries drove flight from two towns, and its waste threatens a third
Kwinana and Yarloop have suffered from Alcoa's toxic dust - is Pinjarra next?
Can Murray Watt fix Australia’s broken nature laws? First stop, WA
After promising so much, Federal environmental protection legislation went backwards in Labor's first term. Now, a new minister is stuck between miners and the environment.
How Pittsburgh’s Alcoa is undermining a rare forest to fuel its global aluminum empire
Two journalists from Alcoa's hometown flew to Perth to look at its mining of WA's jarrah. A brilliant look at a slow-moving tragedy.
Chevron pushes contractors to send Australian engineering jobs overseas
The US giant, which made $8 billion in Australia in 2024, is forcing its subcontractors to follow its example and send Australian engineering jobs overseas.
Fortescue plans giant 2.1-gigawatt wind farm in Pilbara
The 200 wind turbines near Marble Bar are essential for the miner to reach its zero emissions goal set by chair Andrew Forrest.
Alcoa trims controversial mining plans ahead of public comment
The battle of jobs and Alcoa profits versus the jarrah forest and Perth's water supply will ramp up within weeks when the miner's plans are released.
Northern Endeavour oil vessel without power for weeks in Timor Sea
The blackout is another problem in a clean-up effort of an ex-Woodside vessel that will cost Australia's oil and gas producers well over $1 billion.
Woodside rejigs its near-rejected Browse gas plans
New technology has made worse-case oil spills near pristine Scott Reef "only a mere theoretical possibility," according to Woodside.
Safety regulator halts drilling at Santos' Barossa gas project
A vital blow-out preventer failed testing, leading to an "immediate threat" to offshore workers.
Greenpeace grates Richard Goyder and other Woodside AGM highlights
Safety record ignored, poor shareholder returns, Woodside under investigation for breaching federal environmental law, and questions unanswered.