The boss of Alcoa Australia has been promoted to lead the US miner’s global operation from his Perth base after just seven months with the aluminium specialist.
Alcoa’s controversial mining of bauxite in WA’s south-west will be subject to the most detailed review possible by the state’s independent environment watchdog.
US miner Alcoa will choose who monitors whether its bauxite extraction that threatens Perth’s water supply complies with new guidelines announced by the state government on Thursday.
Perth’s largest source of drinking water has escaped damage from a massive blaze that burnt along its water edge over the weekend.
The WA Premier thinks local workers deserve better than the US miner telling its investors one thing,and the WA government another.
The Cook government plans a new environmental approval regime to keep besieged bauxite miner Alcoa operating but has promised standards will not be lowered.
The board of US aluminium giant Alcoa which is battling to obtain vital mining approvals in WA replaced chief executive Roy Harvey on Sunday.
Roger Cook relayed concerns about the threats the company’s mining operations posed to drinking water supplies and forests in the Darling Scarp
Digging into Alcoa’s mining in WA’s jarrah forests long-shielded by government-endorsed secrecy has revealed an environmental mess.
WA’s environmental watchdog has invited public comment on whether it should undertake a detailed independent review of Alcoa’s mining in WA’s jarrah forests.
The value of US miner Alcoa dropped $650 million after Wall Street was told there was “no fixed timetable” for gaining access to new areas of jarrah forest to mine.