Original article by Tom Rabe
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 17-Jan-24

Alcoa’s executive vice president Matt Reed has responded to criticism of the US-based company’s recent decision to close its Kwinana alumina refinery in Western Australia. Reed has cautioned against ‘politicising’ the decision, which will result in the loss of at least 750 jobs; he contends that federal and state government policies were not to blame for the plant’s closure, arguing that the decision was made due to "commercial realities". The cost of producing alumina at the 60-year-old Kwinana plant was about $410 per tonne in 2023, compared with around $250 per tonne at Alcoa’s two other refineries in WA.

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