Alcoa fined $55M for unapproved WA forest clearing

ENVIRONMENT

Alcoa claims it has always operated in accordance with the EPBC Act

Deep in the Northern Jarrah Forest with Alcoa.

Deep in the Northern Jarrah Forest with Alcoa. | Credits: Karma Barndon

US miner Alcoa has been fined $55 million by the federal government for clearing known habitat for nationally protected species in the Northern Jarrah Forest, south of Perth, between 2019 and 2025. …

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