Bauxite
Alcoa’s mountains of red mud fail to pass stability checks
Alcoa is storing enough caustic bauxite residue to fill Optus Stadium more than 350 times in areas south of Perth that have failed to be certified as stable.
- by Peter Milne
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WA’s environment regulator cuts efforts to protect nature around state to deal with Alcoa
The burden of enforcing special arrangements to allow Alcoa to keep mining bauxite has forced WA’s environment regulator to severely cut its efforts to protect nature throughout the rest of the state.
- by Peter Milne
On notice: WA watchdog sets Alcoa a deadline for mining approvals
The Environmental Protection Authority has warned Alcoa to provide the information it needs on time, or risk stricter conditions on its mining in WA forests.
- by Peter Milne
South32 shares slugged as WA alumina refinery comes under cloud
South32 will slash $830 million off the value of its WA alumina business in response to proposed environmental protections the miner says threaten the viability of its operations in the state.
- by Peter Milne
WA jarrah forest clearing given green light for Worsley bauxite mining
The OK for South32 to clear 39 square kilometres of jarrah forest near Boddington has been slammed as disgraceful by environmental groups.
- by Peter Milne
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Alcoa investigation
Worries of ‘irreversible’ damage to jarrah forest by Alcoa revealed
Water Corporation concluded that contamination of Perth’s dams is “certain” but the state government heavily watered-down its recommendations to reduce the risks from bauxite mining.
- by Peter Milne
Alcoa boosts research amid concerns ‘extensive knowledge gaps’ threaten Perth’s water supply
Alcoa’s funding will support a forest research centre for five years and will also boost its own team of environmental researchers from four to eleven.
- by Peter Milne
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Alcoa investigation
WA government overrode water supply warnings to approve Alcoa mining
The WA environment regulator opposed Alcoa’s mining but proposed safeguards if it went ahead. The Cook government ignored the first recommendation and watered down the second.
- by Peter Milne
WA government to spend $10m monitoring Alcoa’s mining near Perth’s dams
Alcoa’s troubled bauxite mining in WA’s jarrah forest will have extra government scrutiny costing $10.5 million over four years as the US miner seeks to repair its tarnished environmental credentials.
- by Peter Milne
‘Not fit for purpose’: Merger will help struggling aluminium makers
Rationalisation in the alumina market will create the conditions for a brighter future for the industry, a fund manager says.
- by Simon Johanson
Alcoa worker dies in mine access road crash
An Alcoa worker died in a head-on collision on Monday travelling to a bauxite mine near Pinjarra. Worksafe will determine if the accident is a workplace fatality.
- by Peter Milne
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