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- Title
- The solutions to Alcoa's problems may lie in its backyard
- Author(s)
- Brooks, Geoffrey
- Abstract
- In Australia, the metallurgical industries have provided long term jobs and wealth to many communities. In some cases, this wealth generation has also been associated with unacceptable environmental damage, however, those problems are now largely historical, as furnace technology and practices have advanced greatly since the 1960s. However, the industry is now under real threat in this country, not from angry environmentalists, but from the recent growth and investment in mining in Australia, which largely reflects the extraordinary industrial expansion of China.
- Publication type
- Commentary
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- The Conversation, 09 February 2012
- Publication year
- 2012
- Keyword(s)
- Alcoa; Australia; Carbon price; Carbon tax; Metallurgical industries; Mining
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Trust
- Publisher URL
- http://theconversation.edu.au/the-solutions-to-alcoas-problems-may-lie-in-its-backyard-5289
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012. This publication is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States (CC BY-ND 3.0) licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/). The published version of the article is reproduced here in accordance with this policy.
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