Overview
Set in a unique costal heathland just south of the city of Portland, the Portland Aluminium smelter is a joint venture project between Alcoa 55% (which manages the operations of the smelter), CITIC 22.5% and Marubeni 22.5%. 
 
Production began at Portland Aluminium in 1986 and today the smelter produces approximately 358,000 tonnes of aluminium a year.   Alcoa is Victoria’s largest exporter and nearly all of the aluminium produced at Portland Aluminium is exported to the Asian market.
 
The Portland Aluminium smelter sits on more than 500 hectares of land.  Around 400 hectares of this land has been transformed into wetlands and parklands, giving Portland Aluminium its status as the ‘Smelter in the Park’.  The ‘Smelter in the Park’ is recognised worldwide as a benchmark for industrial and environmental harmony and has been used as a model for some of Alcoa’s other facilities around the world.
 
Alcoa is committed to supporting the communities in which it operates and in 2009, Portland Aluminium supported around 70 partners, contributing more than $400,000 to fund community projects in the local region, along with in-kind and volunteer activities.
 
The smelter provides more than 600 direct jobs, as well as a contractual workforce of around 150.  Portland Aluminium injects over $100 million into the Portland region each year.