Pittsburgh-based Alcoa Corporation has confirmed a $900 million plan to permanently close and decommission the Kwinana alumina refinery, almost two years after production ended.
Premier Roger Cook says BHP should reflect on the state's role in building up the company when it decides whether to "turn its back" on Western Australia.
Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Alcoa's refinery closure; Panoramic's shuttered mine; Stockland's retirement living vision; another Creasy deal; a new Yallingup resort, and preview the upcoming magazine.
ANALYSIS: Alcoa opened its Kwinana alumina refinery 60 years ago and that goes a long way to explaining why the US company decided to shut down the operation.
Alcoa Corporation has confirmed it will cease production at its Kwinana refinery this year, as it grapples with a series of challenges at its oldest WA processing operation.
Alcoa Corporation's ASX-listed joint venture partner Alumina entered a trading halt this morning, as speculation swirled around the future of the 60-year-old Kwinana refinery.
The future of Alcoa's Kwinana refinery is in limbo, with the alumina producer refusing to shut down speculation that the facility is facing imminent closure just weeks after its US parent company appointed a Perth-based COO.
The state government has approved a continuation of Alcoa's expansive bauxite mining operations in the Darling Range despite the possibility of a full review by the EPA.
Alumina producer Alcoa has won effusive backing from the WA government after agreeing to a second change to its mining plans in the jarrah forests south of Perth.
Mining giant Alcoa's Australian operations will be led by former OZ Minerals executive Matt Reed, who has acknowledged he will need to meet “evolving” stakeholder expectations in his new role.
