A major West Australian refinery employing hundreds of people will be shut down, with its workforce to be reduced by almost 94 per cent to 50 people. US mining giant Alcoa Corporation on Tuesday announced it would fully curtail production in 2024 at its Kwinana Alumina Refinery south of Perth, with the process beginning in the second quarter. The company has operated in WA for about 60 years. 550 of the 800 jobs at the refinery would be cut by the third quarter of this year when all alumina production will cease. But certain processes will continue until about the third quarter of 2025 – further reducing employee numbers to about…
