History of Alcoa in Australia
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1961 |
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June: Alumina Refinery Agreement Act ratified by the Western Australian government and Alcoa is granted its bauxite lease.
Dec: Construction began at the Kwinana Alumina Refinery and Point Henry Aluminium Smelter
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1963 |
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Feb: Official opening of the Kwinana Alumina Refinery
April: First ingot is poured at Point Henry using US sourced alumina
July: Official opening of the Jarrahdale Bauxite Mine
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1964 |
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Feb: First export shipment of Kwinana alumina to Japan on the Lake Sorrell
July: First export shipment of aluminium ingot from Point Henry
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1965 |
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April: Point Henry Rolling Mill began operating
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1969 |
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March: Anglesea Power Station officially opened to supply power to Point Henry
Dec: Began construction of the Pinjarra Alumina Refinery
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1972 |
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Jan: Bauxite mining begins at Del Park
May: Pinjarra Alumina Refinery is commissioned
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1976 |
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Bauxite mining begins at Huntly Bauxite Mine
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery expanded to five units
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1979 |
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Jan: Began construction of the Wagerup Alumina Refinery
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1980 |
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Construction of the Portland Aluminium Smelter begins but is postponed until 1982
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1981 |
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Alcoa underwrites the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline and the Kwinana and Pinjarra refineries switch their powerhouses to clean and efficient gas
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1984 |
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Feb: Wagerup Alumina Refinery is commissioned
Bauxite mining begins at Willowdale Bauxite Mine
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1986 |
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Feb: Alcoa ships 50 millionth tonne of alumina
Oct: First aluminium produced at Portland Aluminium Smelter
CITIC becomes Alcoa's partner in Portland, joined by the Marubeni Corporation in 1992
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1988 |
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Oct: Began operations at Hedges Gold
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1990 |
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June: Alcoa becomes the first mining company in the world to receive a United nations Award for Environmental Excellence
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1991 |
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Mining ends at Del Park
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1995 |
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July: Alcoa ships 100 millionth tonne of alumina
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1996 |
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Dec: Alcoa Kaal Australia is formed (now known as Alcoa Australia Rolled Products)
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1997 |
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April: Relocated corporate office from Melbourne to Perth
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1998 |
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Dec: Mining ends at Jarrahdale Bauxite Mine and rehabilitation begins
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1999 |
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Feb: Last gold pour at Hedge Gold Mine
June: Completed expansion at Wagerup
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2000 |
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April: Alcoa Inc listed on the Australian Stock Exchange
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2001 |
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Rehabilitation of Jarrahdale Bauxite Mine is completed and site is officially closed
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2004 |
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McCoy bauxite mine operations commissioned at Huntly
Alcoa joined Alinta Ltd and DUET to purchase the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline
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2006 |
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April: 1st cogeneration power plant at Pinjarra Alumina Refinery commissioned
Sept: Approval for expansion at the Wagerup Alumina Refinery
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2007 |
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Pinjarra Efficiency Upgrade completed
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2008 |
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Work suspended on the proposed expansion of the Wagerup Refinery (Wagerup 3) until market conditions improve
Alcoa Anglesea Coal Mine celebrates its 40th birthday
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2009 |
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Wagerup Refinery and Willowdale Mine celebrate 25 years of operation
Anglesea Power Station celebrates 40th anniversary
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