INDUSTRIAL MINERALS

Alcoa exports first bauxite

Ore exports could open up another source of revenue.

Andrew Duffy
Mal Briggs, Alcoa's vice president mining operations, looks on as the first bauxite is loaded for export to China.

Mal Briggs, Alcoa's vice president mining operations, looks on as the first bauxite is loaded for export to China.

The 47,000 tonne parcel was shipped out of Kwinana Bulk Terminal and is bound for an alumina refinery in China. It will form part of a wider test of bauxite exports that will hopefully support the company’s...

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