Alcoa to permanently close Kwinana alumina refinery – 30 September 2025
Alcoa announced it will shut its Western Australia Kwinana refinery, taking a ~USD 890 million hit, citing market and cost pressures.
👉 Source: Reuters
Summary:
In January last year, the U.S. aluminum producer said it planned to stop production at the loss-making refinery amid challenging market conditions and the facility’s age.
“Alcoa operated the Kwinana refinery for a number of years in a challenging environment and made the difficult decision to permanently close the facility after unsuccessfully exploring multiple options for a sustainable path to restarting,” said Matt Reed, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Alcoa.
The closing of the Kwinana refinery will bring down Alcoa’s annual global consolidated refining capacity to 11.7 million metric tons, the company said.
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