WA government investigating if one dead tree could halt Alcoa's mining
If the US miner is found to have mined too close to a large jarrah tree, it would trigger an automatic cancellation of its right to mine much of its lease.
Bauxite
Bauxite is strip-mined in WA's jarrah forest by Alcoa and South32 to feed three alumina refineries that produce the material for aluminium smelters.
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WA government investigating if one dead tree could halt Alcoa's mining
If the US miner is found to have mined too close to a large jarrah tree, it would trigger an automatic cancellation of its right to mine much of its lease.
Mines Department blasts holes in Alcoa’s jarrah forest care claims
Endangered cockatoos - 105,000 exploration holes a year - insecure offsets: WA’s mining regulator has questions for the US miner.
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.
Alcoa lied about jarrah forest rehabilitation: advertising watchdog
The Ad Standards decision has demolished a key plank of the US miner's expensive campaign to win public support for expanded mining in WA.
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.
Alcoa fail tests for protecting cockatoos and drinking water
The US miner has held back findings that it drilled near Cockatoo nesting trees and has had its plans for protecting Perth's water supply rejected.
Alcoa and Japan investigate if WA can break China's gallium stranglehold
Extraction of the critical mineral found in the waste from making alumina from bauxite could curb China's 98 per cent share of global production.
Alcoa ceo repeats misleading spin about its jarrah forest rehabilitation
Bill Oplinger reassured investors that a 15-month delay would not affect operating rates at its Pinjarra alumina refinery but misled them about Alcoa's record of rehabilitating the jarrah forest.
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?