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Bauxite-AluminaPremiumFuture of S32’s Boddington bauxite mine in Federal hands

Environment Minister Reece Whitby has signed off on South32’s contested plans for a major expansion to its bauxite operations in the Peel region, coinciding with a surge in prices for the aluminium feedstock.

Simone Grogan

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South32 claims win for South West mine after job threats

WA’s Environment Minister has yielded to appeals lodged by South32 to loosen emissions and forest restoration rules as part of its long-awaited expansion to the Worsley Alumina operation in the South West.

Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell

MiningPremiumSouth32 pulls guidance from Mozambique operation

Post-election turmoil in the southeast African nation of Mozambique has put a South32 mining operation that turns over more than $800 million a year in limbo.

Adrian Rauso

MiningCommentsPremiumAlcoa to restart old mine to keep Pinjarra plant running

Aluminium giant Alcoa will reactivate a mine site unused since 2014 in a last-ditch bid to replace ore from a stalled transition project and keep the Pinjarra refinery filled.

Matt Mckenzie

MiningPremiumSouth32 rakes in nearly $150m for wharf damage

A South32-controlled venture has banked about $150 million from external insurers to rebuild a storm-ravaged wharf that ships all of the miner’s Australian manganese.

Adrian Rauso

MiningPremiumS32 chief sets the timer on 1700 WA jobs, talks local copper

The livelihoods of 1700 Worsley Alumina workers will be at serious risk if WA’s environmental scrutineer is not overruled by the end of this year, South32 boss Graham Kerr has warned.

Adrian Rauso

Bauxite-AluminaAlcoa and aluminium: Here for progress

Demand for aluminium is continuing to grow – making it a key metal now and into the future. What is also key, is that this demand is met through responsible mining and processing.

Alcoa Australia

Bauxite-AluminaAlcoa and aluminium: Here for progress

Demand for aluminium is continuing to grow – making it a key metal now and into the future. What is also key, is that this demand is met through responsible mining and processing.

Alcoa Australia

Bauxite-AluminaA silver thread: Aluminium’s role in our everyday life and green future

Aluminium’s ever-growing relevance and importance to our everyday lives.

Alcoa Australia

Bauxite-AluminaA silver thread: Aluminium’s role in our everyday life and green future

Aluminium’s ever-growing relevance and importance to our everyday lives.

Alcoa Australia

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South32 slashes $828m off Worsley and contests EPA ruling

Thousands of jobs in the South West are in limbo as South32 struggles with green tape wrapped around its plans to keep digging up bauxite from the Northern Jarrah Forest.

Adrian Rauso

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Health fears over ‘toxic, radioactive’ Alcoa dust

Locals worry dust blowing from waste stockpiles at a refinery near a primary school on the outskirts of Perth is toxic and dangerously radioactive.

Adrian Rauso and Simone Grogan

Bauxite-AluminaBehind the scenes: Alcoa’s commitment to continuous improvement

Fascinating 3D technology in trapdoor spider research is one of the many initiatives transforming our mining landscape in WA.

Alcoa Australia

Bauxite-AluminaMaking more than aluminium, making a difference

Beyond the big mining and processing equipment you might automatically associate with Alcoa lies a deeper story.

Alcoa Australia

Bauxite-AluminaMaking more than aluminium, making a difference

Beyond the big mining and processing equipment you might automatically associate with Alcoa lies a deeper story.

Alcoa Australia

MiningCommentsPremiumLynas and South32 hit multi-year lows

Lynas and South32 are both feeling the pinch from weaker Chinese demand for a bevy of commodities, as the shares of the duo slump to levels not seen since 2021.

Adrian Rauso

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Alcoa cements Aussie links with $3.4b play

US giant Alcoa has made a $3.4 billion play to buy partner Alumina Limited after a nightmare two years shredded the target company’s value in half.

Matt Mckenzie & Daniel Newell

Big emitterCommentsPremiumRio strikes biggest clean energy pact to power aluminium

Rio Tinto has struck Australia’s largest pact for the supply of renewable energy as it aims to decarbonise aluminium assets that account for the largest share of the miner’s direct emissions. 

Paul-Alain Hunt

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Kerr sees Kwinana gain as South32 greenlights $3.3b project

South32 will push ahead with a huge omni-commodity project in the US state of Arizona, while the miner’s chief executive says Alcoa’s Kwinana refinery closure could be a boon for its WA operations.

Adrian Rauso

copper crunchPremiumSouth32 cuts copper outlook as silver output jumps

Metals miner South32 has downgraded its forecast copper equivalent production as it hit lower-than-expected grades and a temporary outage of the molybdenum plant at its massive Sierra Gorda mine in Chile.

Adrian Rauso

‘Beyond the pale’CommentsPremiumMiners cop King hit over ‘sad’ claims about Alcoa closure

WA’s most senior Federal MP has blasted the Minerals Council of Australia for an ‘extreme overreach’ in its ‘sadly predictable’ response to Alcoa’s decision to mothball its Kwinana refinery.

Jake Dietsch

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In a brutal metals price world, there’s no room for laggards

Time has run out for Alcoa’s Kwinana alumina refinery, a plant that was at the vanguard of the investment that built WA’s resources sector. And there’s little hope of a revival.

Sean Smith

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1150 jobs to go as Alcoa winds up Kwinana refinery

Alcoa has confirmed it will shut its Kwinana alumina refinery, with the current 1200-strong workforce to be culled.

Josh Zimmerman

Jobs in limboCommentsPremiumAlcoa partner in ASX halt amid Kwinana refinery speculation

Alcoa is preparing to announce that production will be curtailed at one of its three WA refineries as the top US aluminium producer begins to reckon with cost-cutting measures.

Joe Deaux