Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Wagerup Power Station is a 380MW dual natural gas and distillate fuelled power station located at Alcoa’s Wagerup refinery in south-west Western Australia. [1] Located about 130 km south of Perth, on the border of Western Australia’s Peel and South West regions, the Power Station is four kilometres north of Yarloop and 13 km south of Waroona.
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.
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 is a owned 100% by Alcoa Corp. and is abbreviated to AWAC. 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. Alcoa acts as the day-to-day manager.
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
Get breaking news and the latest headlines on business, entertainment, politics, world news, tech, sports, videos and much more from AOL
Get answers to your AOL Mail, login, Desktop Gold, AOL app, password and subscription questions. Find the support options to contact customer care by email, chat, or phone number.
Cookernup is a small agricultural town with services offered from nearby Harvey, and there have been applications for subdivision in the area. However, a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) buffer zone around the Alcoa Wagerup alumina refinery was doubled by the Health Department following the approval of a $1.5 billion expansion to the refinery. In August ...