Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 2 : 10-Jan-24

US-based Alcoa has confirmed that its Kwinana alumina refinery in Western Australia will be closed. Its workforce will be reduced to about 50 by the September 2025 quarter, compared with about 800 employees and 300 contractors at present. WA’s state development minister David Honey says the plant’s closure is unnecessary; he contends that the state government’s failure to issue Alcoa with new bauxite mining approvals and the federal government’s emissions reduction target are to blame. However, federal Resources Minister Madeleine King attributes the closure to factors beyond the government’s control, such as the plant’s age and declining bauxite grades at Alcoa’s mine.

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