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Jun 24 2016 · Today Alcoa of Australia Limited Alcoa celebrated its first shipment of Western Australia WA bauxite as part of an export trial approved by the State Government last year The 47000 tonne parcel of bauxite is bound for an alumina refinery in China Perthbased President of Alcoa Mining Garret Dixon said the milestone shipment supported the Company’s strategy to grow its thirdparty bauxite business

Sep 29 2020 · Alcoa supplies the Kwinana Pinjarra and Wagerup alumina refineries with bauxite from its Huntly and Willowdale mines in Western Australia The company employs more than 3800 people in the state To keep up to date with Australian Mining subscribe to our free email newsletters delivered straight to your inbox

Alcoa of Australia’s operations represent one of the world’s largest integrated bauxite mining alumina refining and aluminium smelting systems and add value to Australia’s local state and national economies For further information about key Australian operations click on the location below

Jun 18 2020 · Alcoa of Australia has proposed multiple expansion plans for its Pinjarra alumina refinery and Huntly bauxite mine in Western Australia The company has applied to the state’s Environmental Protection Authority EPA to increase alumina production at Pinjarra by five per cent from 5 million tonnes a year to 525 million tonnes a year

Sep 08 2020 · Alcoa’s threerefinery operation in Western Australia is the world’s biggest single source of alumina able to supply eight per cent of the global market To keep up to date with Australian Mining subscribe to our free email newsletters delivered straight to your inbox

Sep 24 2020 · Alcoa stated that this was two times better than the industry average of 12 tons of CO 2 e The measurement accounts for direct emissions from Alcoa’s bauxite mining and alumina refining processes and indirect emissions from the energy consumed in those processes

Jun 15 2020 · It is also the chosen provider at Alcoa’s Bunbury port terminal and the Willowdale and Huntly bauxite mining operations in Western Australia The latest contract will see Worley’s teams in Perth and Geelong execute their services on the back of the global delivery team

It includes the Huntly mine in Australia the second largest bauxite mine in the world Alcoa offers bauxite from its mines to meet customerspecific needs and provide a consistent reliable and sustainable supply of raw material for refineries around the globe Leaders in land rehabilitation

The then Aluminum Company of America was approached with the Australian companies offering a partnership in exchange for the necessary capital and technology support Alcoa of Australia was formed in June 1961 and was granted a 12619 square kilometre bauxite mining lease by the Western Australian Government

Jun 18 2020 · Alcoa rehabilitates around 600 hectares of mined land each year with more than 20000 hectares rehabilitated since its bauxite mining and associated

Sep 08 2020 · Alcoa of Australia has inked an agreement with FYI Resources for the potential development of high purity alumina HPA refining technologies

Sep 24 2020 · The measurement accounts for direct emissions from Alcoa’s bauxite mining and alumina refining processes and indirect emissions from the energy consumed in those processes

Jun 24 2020 · However Shani joins a growing group of Dwellingup residents concerned about the impact of Alcoa Australias proposal to increase their rate of bauxite mining in the region Alcoa is

Nov 21 2019 · In bauxite mining Alcoa has been recognized for using advanced practices through all stages of operations including industryleading rehabilitation methods in areas of high biodiversity value

Alcoa World Alumina Australia Huntly Mine PO Box 172 Pinjarra WA 6208 ph 0895302340 fax 0895302571 Publications Peer reviewed CD Grant DT Bell JM Koch 1996 Implications of seedling emergence to site restoration following bauxite mining in Western Australia Restoration Ecology 42 146154

Jun 15 2020 · Alcoa of Australia has awarded a threeyear services contract to Worley for its mining refining and smelting operations Under the contract Worley

In 201516 alumina was Western Australia’s third most valuable mineral earning just over 49 billion Men at work at Alcoa bauxite mine Jarrahdale Alcoa was a fully integrated bauxitemining aluminarefining and aluminumsmelting company Mining bauxite in the Darling Range for Alcoa

Guinea AlcoaRio Tinto Bauxite Mine Inclusive Development International has assisted communities in Guinea to file a formal complaint against the World Bank’s privatesector arm the International Finance Corporation IFC for financing the expansion of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée CBG’s bauxite mining operation which has grabbed their ancestral land threatened their

Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refining Process Description Dr Donoghue is the Director of Health and Chief Medical Officer for Alcoa of Australia Mr Frisch is the Chief Occupational Hygienist for Alcoa of Australia and Mr Olney is Vice President Major Projects Mining and Refining for Alcoa

The Alcoa Bauxite Mine is near Bauxite Arkansas Historically the site has been part of the PulaskiSaline Mining District The site was first discovered in 1887 by J C BrannerState Geologist Production output of the Alcoa Bauxite Mine was considered to be medium size

Alcoa of Australia Limited AoA is a 100 percent owned subsidiary of Alcoa Worldwide Alumina and Chemicals AWAC which is 60 percent owned by Alcoa and 40 percent owned by Alumina Limited AWAC owns bauxite mines in Australia as well as other nations and refines bauxite into alumina which it sells to Alcoa and Portland Smelting

Alcoa refines around nine million tonnes of alumina each year and its alumina production in Western Australia accounts for around 7 per cent of total world production

About Alcoa Australia Alcoas Australian operations represent the worlds largest integrated bauxite mining alumina refining aluminium smelting and rolling system Also operating the countrys largest aluminium recycling plant Alcoa adds value to Australias local