WA Mining Industry Under Pressure As Jobs Cut, Production Slowed
• Alcoa cutting hundreds of WA jobs, closing oldest alumina refinery due to market pressures and costs
• Several nickel operations in WA cutting production due to Indonesia flooding market
• Concerns Pluto project not supplying enough contractually obligated domestic gas
• Woodside acknowledges not meeting 15% domestic gas requirement from Pluto
• Parliamentary inquiry revealed major producers only selling ~8% gas locally, far below 15% policy target