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Alcoa investigation

June

Scrap metal exporter Manhari is a name on the rise.

Trash, treasure and trauma: inside the Manhari juggernaut

Manhari’s scrap metal empire has made millions and bankrolled major sports. But it has a long compliance rap sheet and former staff are speaking out.

April

BHP chief Mike Henry has run the miner for more than five years now.

BHP chief warns of ‘significant’ economic risks from tariffs

Mike Henry says China’s ability to ramp up domestic consumption will determine if Donald Trump’s levies will create a global economic downturn.

January

Industry Minister Ed Husic and head of Alcoa Australia Elsabe Muller at the Portland Aluminium Smelter.

Husic bets big on making Australian manufacturing great

The Labor MP from Sydney’s inner-west thinks concern over climate change and the risk of global conflict will win out over traditional market fundamentals.

December 2024

AFR Metro Mining’s flagship project is the Bauxite Hills Mine, which is a single operating mine combining the Bauxite Hills and Skardon River tenements.

Humble rock eclipses iron ore price as aluminium smelters shop around

Bauxite, which is essential to aluminium production, has hit a record price and surpassed the value of Australia’s number-one export for the first time.

February 2024

Alcoa’s Matt Reed.

Alcoa in $3.3b bid for Australian partner Alumina

The deal would bring a global portfolio of bauxite mines, alumina refineries and aluminium smelters under one roof.

October 2023

Senior OZ Minerals figures Matt Reed, Bryan Quinn, Debbie Morrow, Luke McFadyen and Travis Beinke (left to right) have been appointed to lead companies after the miner was acquired by BHP this year.

The five wizards of OZ Minerals storm the C-suite

The former members of the senior leadership team have won CEO roles elsewhere since the BHP takeover, as rivals try to tap into the former copper miner’s unique culture.

August 2023

Bauxite miner hits out at West Australia’s permitting delays

Alumina boss Mike Ferraro is happy for WA environment regulators to better scrutinise bauxite mining in the state, but he “can’t live with” delays.

March 2023

Jobs in doubt as Alcoa makes a rod for its back

Alcoa is unsure whether staff numbers at the Portland smelter will need to be cut on the back of a technical problem that cut production capacity to 75 per cent.

Alumina boss Mike Ferraro thinks more work is needed on emissions policy.

Alumina boss at odds with miners over ‘unfair’ emissions limits

Aluminium industry titan Mike Ferraro said the Albanese government’s emissions policy should reward low carbon industrials, but miners are cautious about limits set by “industry average”.

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