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100% Silkem Hungary, specialty alumina only since 2013 Hungary MOTIM-Magyarovar Alumina 75 GPS Kft., [23] specialty alumina only since 2002 India Hindalco, Belgaum Alumina Refinery 138 100% Hindalco: Russia Boksitogorsk Alumina Refinery: 100% United Company of Rusal [1] USA Baton Rouge, Louisiana specialty alumina only [24] 100% Honeywell [25] USA
Alcoa have operated an alumina refinery in Wagerup since 1984. For years, residents and Alcoa workers have reported illnesses such as respiratory irritation, frequent nosebleeds, headaches, nausea and higher rates of cancer, as reported in numerous media outlets including the ABC's Four Corners program, [3] although no formal causal link has ever been established.
Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) is a subsiduaty of Alcoa. AWAC's business is the mining of bauxite , [ 1 ] the extraction of alumina ( aluminium oxide ) and the smelting of aluminium. It has about 25% of the global alumina market.
PITTSBURGH-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Alcoa Corporation, a global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum, today announced that its portfolio of bauxite mines and alumina refineries in Western Australia have ...
Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals owns and operates three alumina refineries in Western Australia: Kwinana, Pinjarra, and Wagerup. The Wagerup expansion plans were put on hold due to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. In January 2024, Alcoa announced it would cease alumina production at its Kwinana refinery that year. [57]
California policymakers are considering state ownership of one or more oil refineries, one item on a list of options presented by the California Energy Commission to ensure steady gas supplies as ...
Oil company Phillips 66 announced Wednesday that it plans to shut down a Los Angeles-area refinery by the end of 2025, citing market concerns. The company said it will remain operating in the state.
Willowdale mine was established in 1984, near Waroona. It supplies bauxite ore to the Wagerup Alumina Refinery. [18] Worsley Alumina constructed a bauxite mine site and refinery in the early 1980s, with the mine located near Boddington. The bauxite is transported by a 51-kilometre (32 mi) conveyor belt to the refinery at Worsley. Following an A ...