Kwinana Alumina Refinery to Shut After 60 Years, Hundreds More Jobs to Go

The world’s largest third-party producer of alumina, U.S.-listed Alcoa, has announced it will close its ageing Kwinana refinery, south of Perth, with the loss of all remaining jobs.

Production was phased out at the facility during the second quarter of 2024 amid fierce competition from Asia, with the loss of about a thousand jobs at the time, so the announcement was expected.