Apache Energy and Tap Oil have been hit with a $158 million lawsuit by Alcoa, which claims a gas supply contract was breached when services were disrupted by the Varanus Island gas explosion in 2008.
BHP Billition Area C mine manager Kate Sommerville and Alcoa maintenance group leader Kym Jones have taken out the top honours at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy's Women in Resources awards.
CONDOR Tower on St Georges Terrace has been awarded the major honour – the Sir William Hudson Award for engineering excellence – at the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards held last week.
Union members at several of Alcoa Australia's Western Australian sites are preparing for industrial action tomorrow as negotiations continue for a new enterprise bargaining agreement.
A petroleum industry body has accused Alcoa of confusing energy security with the supply of natural gas into their commercial activities, after comments the company made at an event today.
An increasing number of Australian organisations are offering paid maternity leave according to research released yesterday by by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) and Alcoa of Australia.
Alcoa has vowed to defend any legal action launched by residents and spearheaded by celebrity activist Erin Brockovich over the company's Wagerup refinery.
Hundreds of unionised Alcoa workers in Western Australia have today voted in favour of job security over pay increases in a bid to work with the company in the current economic uncertainty.
Australian mining unions are still pushing ahead for substantial pay rises, particularly for Western Australian power workers, at a time when mining giants are planning massive staff cuts.
Alcoa has shelved the proposed expansion of the Wagerup alumina refinery in Western Australia, estimated to cost approximately $3 billion, amid weakening demand and volatility in financial markets.
Alumina producer Alcoa of Australia is backing the development of a major new gas project that involves an investment in excess of $100 million and could supply 10 per cent of Western Australia's gas needs.
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 an
Kwinana-based Alcoa of Australia Ltd's global Technology Delivery Group yesterday unveiled method of capturing carbon dioxide in its bauxite residue, locking up the gas in a greenhouse sink.
A partnership between resources giant Alcoa and community organisation Fairbridge was last night awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence Community Business Partnerships, in the large business category.
Alcoa World Alumina Australia's proposed $1.5 billion-plus expansion of its Wagerup alumina refinery has been granted State government environmental approval, but a decision to build is still to be made.
A partnership between mining giant Alcoa and histroric youth charity Fairbridge was today announced as the WA state winner in the Prime Minister's Awards for Community Business Partnerships.
ALCOA of Australia Ltd completed a series of collective agreements with unions to cover more than 2,000 employees on its extensive WA bauxite mining and alumina refining operations.
The first of four gas-fired 'cogeneration' power plants being built by Alinta at Alcoa refineries in Western Australia was formally commissioned today.
Tucked away in Alcoa's Kwinana alumina refinery complex, just south of Perth, is the largest refining research and development group in the Western world.
Alcoa's proposed $1.5 billion expansion of its Wagerup alumina refinery moved a step closer today after the Environmental Protection Authority released its formal assessment of the project.
Computer Sciences Corporation announced it had earned a two year extension deal with Alcoa World Alumina to continue to provide the company's computer technology infrastructure services to Alcoa's Australian operations centred in Perth.
THE Industry Capability Network of WA and alumina producer Alcoa have launched an online directory for steel fabricators in response to the boom in construction projects in the state's South West.
ALCOA says the State Government's decision to approve recommissioning of the liquor burner at Alcoa's Kwinana Alumina Refinery will help secure the future of the refinery and 1,000 jobs.
Alcoa World Alumina Australia will establish new offices in the central business district and Pinjarra as part of a state restructure aimed at bringing
In a move that could free up as much as two gigalitres of high-grade water for domestic use, Alcoa is negotiating with the Water Corporation to use Mandurah's wastewater in its $440 million Pinjarra expansion.
PINJARRA Engineering has been awarded a $1 million contract to supply new and reconditioned valves for the expanded production process at the Pinjarra refinery.
ALCOA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain that paves the way for the alumina giant to acquire a 26 per cent stake in Alba, which o
