Feds probe more illegal clearing by Alcoa after 'deliberate repeat’ destruction of jarrah forest
Alcoa acknowledged it destroyed the known habitat of protected species, including black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats.
Alumina
Alcoa and South 32's Worsley Alumina mine bauxite in WA's South-West to produce alumina that is exported to aluminium refineries. The industry is energy-intensive mining in the jarrah forest is facing significant opposition on environmental grounds.
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$1.2b Kwinana clean up bill drives Alcoa Australia to a $600m loss
The US miner is also facing declining production and delayed approvals in WA, where it mines three-quarters of its bauxite.
Doubling of mercury emissions from Alcoa Wagerup prompts appeals
"The government is allowing Alcoa to do whatever they friggin want," according to a long-term campaigner for better regulation of WA's alumina refineries.
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.
Trump critical minerals deal could lock in jarrah forest mining for decades
An Alcoa plant to produce gallium in WA's South West will need green tape shredded to start on schedule and long term forest mining to be viable.
Alcoa’s WA mining plan draws unprecedented opposition
The US miner's extraction of bauxite near Perth is facing significant public scrutiny for the first time, and many are resisting what is happening to their beloved jarrah forest.
Record 59,000 submissions to EPA on Alcoa as US boss flies in
Alcoa chief executive Bill Oplinger will look to shore up state government support for his vital WA mining that is facing public scrutiny for the first time.
Western Australia faces 'growing shortfall' of increasingly expensive gas: EnergyQuest
Australia's most gas-dependent state has flipped from promising cheap abundance to facing expensive shortages in just six years: investors beware.
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 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.