Alusuisse controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1971
Gove land-rights controversy
Alusuisse’s participation in Nabalco’s Gove Peninsula bauxite and alumina project became entangled in a dispute with Yolngu people who claimed traditional rights to the land. The Milirrpum v Nabalco case challenged the project’s legal basis and became an important episode in Australia’s Indigenous land-rights history, although the court did not recognize native title under the law then applicable.
1970
The Swiss fluorine war
Fluorine emissions associated with aluminum production, including emissions from Alusuisse facilities, became the subject of a major Swiss environmental controversy during the 1970s. The dispute, commonly called the “fluorine war,” focused public attention on industrial pollution and the effects of aluminum production on surrounding communities and environments.