$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.
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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$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 slugged $55 million over illegal jarrah forest clearing
The US miner illegally destroyed the habitat of endangered black cockatoos for six years.
Alcoa misleads investors on crucial Australian mining approvals
Chief executive Bill Oplinger told Wall Street the miner had responded to all 60,000 comments on its WA expansion plans—in fact, it responded to fewer than 10, and some were unacceptable.
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.
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.