ALCOA World Alumina Australia has won the Department of Industry and Resources’ Golden Gecko award for excellence in environmental and sustainability practices, Resources Minister Francis Logan has announced. The company won the award for the $25 million rehabilitation program that followed the closure of its first bauxite mine at Jarrahdale. AngloGold Ashanti was also awarded a certificate of merit for its project at the Sunrise Dam gold mine. Mr Logan said Alcoa ceased production at its Jarrahdale bauxite mine in 1998 after 35 years of operation. “Alcoa developed a plan which aimed to leave the mine site in a safe and self-sustaining state,” he said. “This plan involved the removal of all infrastructure, including buildings, workshops, power lines, water pipes and a sewage treatment plant. “It also saw the removal of contaminated soil and materials, a topsoil screening process to concentrate seed in the soil and the redeployment or retraining of 250 mine staff.” The Jarrahdale project is Alcoa’s fifth Golden Gecko award. AngloGold Ashanti received its award for using wind energy to power a big groundwater recovery bore at the Sunrise Dam mine’s tailings storage facility.
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