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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.
Bauxite is a raw material used primarily in the production of aluminium.The bauxite ore is refined into alumina before being smelted into aluminium. [3] Australia is known for its high-grade ore, especially in the Weipa and Gove deposits. [2]
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
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 ...
Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa: 74.5 MW 7 natural gas: Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa: 95 MW 4 natural gas: Telfer Gold Mine, Newcrest: 135 MW 3 natural gas: Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa: 98 MW 4 natural gas
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia / AGL 280 2 natural gas: No SWIS: Port Hedland (Alinta) 175 5 natural gas/diesel: no NWIS: Paraburdoo (Pilbara Iron) 135 3 natural gas: no NWIS: South Hedland (Transalta) 155 3 natural gas/diesel yes NWIS: Telfer Gold Mine, Newmont Mining: 135 3 natural gas no Private (Newmont Mining) [5]
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]
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$1 billion expansion in 2000, Worsley now export 4.4 ...