Alcoa confirms permanent closure of Kwinana refinery, death knell for final 220 jobs
Alcoa confirmed that the Kwinana refinery in the south of Perth was permanently closed and the closure was marked in 2024 and cost the last 220 work.
The US -based aluminum giant announced the last coup to the Australia’s metal processing industry after more than a year after doing 750 jobs to Alumina refinery.
“Alcoa, Kwinana refinery for a few years has run the refinery in a challenging environment for a few years, and after discovering the various options for a sustainable way for a sustainable way, she decided to permanently close the facility. He said.
“We appreciate the loyalty and support of our Kwinana employees, our contractors and suppliers to the economic development and prosperity of Western Australia for more than six years.”
Alcoa staff, with a link to the official statement on Tuesday morning Australia time received a text message.
“We’ve made a hard decision to permanently close the Kwinana Alumina refinery,” he says.
“For more information, check your E -Post and join the planned municipal buildings for all shifts. 24/7 Employee Help Program… (Telephone Number).”
Wa Opposition Mining Spokesman Shane Love, in recent months, in Alcoa over 1000 Lost over 220 work loss and 5000 flows at risk, he said.
“The refinery has been the cornerstone of Kwinana’s industrial lane for more than 60 years, which has made its closing not only an economic stroke, but also a deep loss in the identity of the community.
“The cook Labor Party government will try to return it as a ‘opportunity to redevelopment’, but the truth is that it represents the loss of a major industrial being in its watches.
“WA’s welding industry is a labor -oriented thrust for syllables of red and green band, increasing the changes and costs of heavy -handed industrial relations and exceeding the trust of the investor,” he said.
This closure of the alumina refinery of the bauxite and the closures in nickel plants tend to remove Australia’s energy network from carbon from carbon.
“Today, governments remind you that there are workers, families and communities that pay the price when the policy gets wrong,” he said.
Like the other two alumina refinery in Wagerup and Pinjarra, Alcoa’s port and railway facilities in Kwinana will continue to run.
To pay for the closure, Alcoa will receive a $ 1.35 billion restructuring fee in the third quarter of 2025.
Some of the remaining 220 personnel will remain beyond 2026 to prepare the site for future redevelopment. Severance pay costs were already budget at the beginning of 2024.
