Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals (AWAC) is a subsidiary of Alcoa. AWAC's business is the mining of bauxite,[1] the extraction of alumina (aluminium oxide) and the smelting of aluminium. It has about 25% of the global alumina market.
Australian operations
Alcoa has two smelters in Victoria in Portland and Point Henry. It has three alumina refineries in Western Australia, located at Kwinana Beach, Pinjarra and Wagerup, and two bauxite mines at Huntly and Willowdale, also in Western Australia.[2]
Other operations
AWAC has other operations in Brazil, Guinea, Jamaica, Suriname, Spain, and the USA
See also
- Alumina
- Aluminium smelting
- Alcoa
- Alumina Limited
- Australian Aluminium Council
- List of Alumina Refineries
- List of aluminium smelters
- AWAC webpage
References
- Alcoa Company Profile Australian Shares. Retrieved on 2014-10-08.^
- Alcoa in Australia retrieved 2007-08-13^
- William Birnbauer, Jason Dowling. Greenhouse showdown over smelter The Age, 21 May 2006, retrieved 2007-08-13^