Rio Tinto warned on Tuesday that Australia's largest aluminium smelter, Tomago, may be forced to shut down as it struggles to source power at commercially viable rates beyond 2028 when its current power deal expires.
The world’s second-largest miner shipped 84.3-million tonnes of iron-ore from its Pilbara operations in Western Australia in the three months to September
Aluminium giant Alcoa will permanently shut its Kwinana alumina refinery, delivering another blow to Western Australia’s industrial strip and putting 220 jobs on the line.