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Alcoa
US company Alcoa mines bauxite in WA's south west where there are concerns about the effect on Perth's water supply and if the jarrah forest can be rehabilitated. Three refineries produce alumina for export.
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Alcoa's plans to mine WA's jarrah forest for 20 more years released
WA's environmental watchdog will consider the risk to Perth's water supply and whether the US miner can rehabilitate the forest it strip-mines.
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?
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?
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.
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.
Alcoa boss Oplinger: little chance of Kwinana refinery restart
Costly, complex, and with old technology, the 60-year-old alumina refinery that had employed 800 workers is unlikely to reopen.
Alcoa spruiks profit boost if mining more WA forest approved
The US miner expects WA government approval within 12 months to destroy 75 square kilometres of jarrah forest to enable its "number one" lever to boost profits.
Alcoa fined $400,000 for chemical burn to Kwinana school student
The 2022 incident is one of many at Alcoa's three refineries that are under an increased level of surveillance from the work safety regulator.
Alcoa unpunished for illegally piping PFAS-contaminated water across WA dam
The $13 billion company will just get a warning letter for secretly creating "an unacceptable risk to drinking water quality."
WA Labor promised to protect the water supply but instead unleashed Alcoa's dangerous mining
Roger Cook granting Alcoa greater access to mine near Perth's dams risks could cost taxpayers billions of dollars and result in water restrictions
EPA refuses to consider Alcoa expanding mining near dams
Within weeks, the US miner will reveal for public comment plans to strip mine 75 square kilometres of jarrah forest.
Alcoa's Kwinana closure bill jumps by $131 million
The cost of managing water where it stores 140 million tonnes of caustic red mud has doubled.