Alcoa Kwinana alumina refinery shutdown will lead to hundreds of job cuts in resources minister’s electorate
by Josh Butler and AAP from World news | The Guardian on (#6HPV3)
Madeleine King says she is extremely disappointed' while the opposition criticises Labor for embarrassing failure' on industry policy
The federal resources minister, Madeleine King, says she is extremely disappointed" at the closure of a major alumina refinery in her electorate, with about 800 job losses expected, as the opposition criticises the government over what it has labelled an embarrassing failure" on industry policy.
US alumina giant Alcoa announced on Tuesday it would close its 60-year-old refinery south of Perth, where hundreds of workers were expected to lose their jobs.
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