Alcoa of Australia Ltd operates one of the world’s largest integrated bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting system and supports approximately 4,275 direct jobs, predominantly in regional Australia. Our operations consist of two bauxite mines, three alumina refineries and two dedicated port facilities in Western Australia and Portland Aluminium smelter in Victoria.
Australia • Alcoa has operated in Australia for more than 56 years and in this time more than AU$12 billion has been invested by its Australian operations. • Alcoa’s Australian operations represent one of the world’s largest integrated bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting systems.
In April 2006, Alcoa of Australia (Alcoa) released its first Environmental Improvement Plans (EIP) for each of its sites in Western Australia. EIPs are a voluntary initiative by Alcoa and a first for our industry in this state. se This EIP forms part of the WA Mining Group’s operational plan for 2014 – 2016.
Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) has secured its first major third party contract to supply around 400,000 bone dry metric tonnes (bdmt) of bauxite from its Huntly mine in Western Australia.
Jun 18, 2020 · Alcoa rehabilitates around 600 hectares of mined land each year, with more than 20,000 hectares rehabilitated since its bauxite mining and associated
Jun 15, 2020 · Alcoa of Australia has awarded a three-year services contract to Worley for its mining, refining and smelting operations. Under the contract, Worley
Alcoa mines about 35 million tonnes of bauxite a year at its Huntley and Willowdale mines in the Darling Range. It previously sent the product exclusively to its Kwinana, Pinjarra and Wagerup refineries. It produces about 45 million tonnes of bauxite a year in Australia and Brazil.
Alcoa has ownership in seven active bauxite mines globally and operates four of them, making us among the largest bauxite producers in the world. We have access to large bauxite deposits with mining rights that extend in most cases more than 20 years. Our global network is strategically located near key Atlantic and Pacific markets.
Alcoa Foundation. Sustainable Bauxite Mining Guidelines (2018) - English. Sustainable Bauxite Mining Guidelines (2018) - Chinese. Sustainable Bauxite Mining Guidelines (2018) - French. Sustainable Bauxite Mining Guidelines (2018) - Indonesian. World Resources Report - Alcoa's Juruti Mining Project Seeking to Set Sustainability Benchmark
In 2018, Australian bauxite production was 96 million tonnes (Mt). 35 Mt of bauxite was exported, and the remainder converted to Australian alumina. The major Australian bauxite mines are: Boddington (Western Australia) – South32; Gove (Northern Territory) – Rio Tinto Aluminium; Huntly (Western Australia) – Alcoa
Alcoa Foundation. Sustainable Bauxite Mining Guidelines (2018) - English. Sustainable Bauxite Mining Guidelines (2018) - Chinese. Sustainable Bauxite Mining Guidelines (2018) - French. Sustainable Bauxite Mining Guidelines (2018) - Indonesian. World Resources Report - Alcoa's Juruti Mining Project Seeking to Set Sustainability Benchmark
In 2018, Australian bauxite production was 96 million tonnes (Mt). 35 Mt of bauxite was exported, and the remainder converted to Australian alumina. The major Australian bauxite mines are: Boddington (Western Australia) – South32; Gove (Northern Territory) – Rio Tinto Aluminium; Huntly (Western Australia) – Alcoa
All of Alcoa’s bauxite mines, alumina refineries and aluminium smelters remain operational, with the bauxite and alumina shipment outlook remaining unchanged.
Mining Bauxite . Category: Bauxite
In 2015-16, alumina was Western Australia’s third most valuable mineral, earning just over $4.9 billion. Men at work at Alcoa bauxite mine, Jarrahdale. Alcoa was a fully integrated bauxite-mining, alumina-refining and aluminum-smelting company. Mining bauxite in the Darling Range for Alcoa.
Nov 21, 2019 · PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Corporation, a global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum, today announced that it has been accepted as a member of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), an organization focused on enhancing the industry’s contribution to society with safe, fair and sustainable practices.Alcoa is a recognized leader in sustainability, with ...
May 08, 2014 · A cancer incidence and mortality study has been undertaken for a cohort of employees working in three bauxite mines and three alumina refineries in Western Australia.23 This is the only cancer incidence and mortality study to date in bauxite mining and alumina refining. The most recent analysis of this ongoing study was undertaken with data to ...
Alcoa World Alumina Australia Huntly Mine PO Box 172 Pinjarra WA 6208 ph 08-9530-2340 fax 08-9530-2571 [email protected] Publications: Peer reviewed: #C.D. Grant, D.T. Bell, J.M. Koch. 1996. Implications of seedling emergence to site restoration following bauxite mining in Western Australia. Restoration Ecology 4(2): 146-154.
Introduction. Alcoa World Alumina Australia currently operates two bauxite mines in the Darling Range of south‐western Western Australia, 80–140 km south of Perth (Figs 1 and 2).Huntly is the largest bauxite mine in the world, producing over 20 million tons of ore every year. The bauxite from the two mines is processed into alumina at three refineries at Kwinana, Pinjarra and Wagerup.
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.
Dec 12, 2007 · Bauxite Mining Restoration by Alcoa World Alumina Australia in Western Australia: Social, Political, Historical, and Environmental Contexts. John H. Gardner. Corresponding Author. Alcoa World Alumina Australia, Huntly Mine, PO Box 172, Pinjarra WA 6208, Australia ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa Corporation (NYSE: AA) today announced that it has completed the separation from its parent company Alcoa Inc. (now named Arconic Inc.) and has begun operating as an independent, publicly-traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AA.”Alcoa Corporation is a globally cost-competitive industry leader in bauxite, alumina and ...
Feb 12, 2018 · Safe, Efficient, Sustainable: Alcoa Global Bauxite is one of the world's largest producers with strategic placement near key Atlantic and Pacific markets.
Alcoa -- AustraliaAlcoa of Australia Ltd operates the largest integrated bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting system and supports approximately 4,300 direct jobs ...Environme&alcoa in australia about alcoa bauxite mining
Feb 12, 2018 · Safe, Efficient, Sustainable: Alcoa Global Bauxite is one of the world's largest producers with strategic placement near key Atlantic and Pacific markets.
Alcoa -- AustraliaAlcoa of Australia Ltd operates the largest integrated bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting system and supports approximately 4,300 direct jobs ...Environme&alcoa in australia about alcoa bauxite mining
Alcoa said it had been recognised for "using advanced practices through all stages of operations" in bauxite mining; this included "industry-leading rehabilitation methods" in areas with high biodiversity value. It currently operates bauxite mines in Brazil and Australia and has joint venture mines in Guinea and Saudi Arabia.
Alcoa Corporation (a portmanteau of Aluminum Company of America) is an American industrial corporation.It is the world's eighth largest producer of aluminum, with corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Alcoa conducts operations in 10 countries. Alcoa is a major producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, through its active and growing
Alcoa of Australia has proposed multiple expansion plans for its Pinjarra alumina refinery and Huntly bauxite mine in Western Australia. australianmining.au Alcoa to boost Australian production, cut Spanish workforce - Australian Mining
The Alcoa Bauxite Mine is near Bauxite, Arkansas. Historically the site has been part of the Pulaski-Saline Mining District. The site was first discovered in 1887 by J. C. Branner-State Geologist. Production output of the Alcoa Bauxite Mine was considered to be medium size.
Mar 01, 2018 · ALCOA ALUMINUM PRODUCTION EDUCATIONAL FILMS BAUXITE MINING, ... Alcoa Global Bauxite - Duration: ... Western Australia - Duration: 1:14. Alcoa 1,494 views.
Dec 12, 2007 · Alcoa presently mines and restores approximately 550 ha per annum. Although the “footprint” at the end of the life of the mining operations represents only about 4% of the total forest estate, Alcoa is committed to restoring the forest values of the region of all lands impacted by mining.
Alcoa of Australia yesterday celebrated its maiden bauxite shipment from Western Australia to China ... Alcoa ships first WA bauxite . ... Opinion pieces, and company and market analysis, by Australia's top mining columnists; Try MiningNews.net for 30 days for ONLY $1. START YOUR TRIAL.
The contract continues the existing relationship between Alcoa and Worley, and establishes Worley as the preferred engineering services provider for baseload works across the Wagerup, Pinjarra and Kwinana alumina refineries, Bunbury port terminal and the Willowdale and Huntly (pictured) bauxite mining operations in Western Australia, it said.
LIST OF FIGURES PAGE FIGURE 1 Slate Forest in south western Australia in relation 9 to mining leases and mining plans. FIGURE 2 Bauxite mining In the jarrah forest at Jarrahdale. 11 FIGURE 3 Schematic map of projected areas of forest to be 21 affected by mining.
Dec 19, 2016 · In addition to the WA contract, Alcoa will supply bauxite from its two mines in Brazil—Juruti and Mineração Rio do Norte, where Alcoa and AWAC hold an
Alcoa’s Roy Harvey informed participants in a quarterly earnings call this week that he expects the firm to “dramatically” increase bauxite exports from its operations in Western Australia after the first shipment of ore from the region last month.. The company’s first commercial shipment of bauxite from the mine at Huntly took place in December, the first of a planned series of ...
Jul 06, 2011 · It All Starts with Dirt. This kind of dirt is called bauxite ore. From four tons of bauxite, it's possible to refine about two tons of alumina—a powdery white oxide of aluminum.
