by End Forest Mining | Feb 23, 2026 | Media Releases
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt published a ‘statement of reasons’ yesterday, outlining why he granted Alcoa an 18-month exemption to continue mining in WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest, despite being found to have cleared land over 15 years without permission.
by End Forest Mining | Feb 19, 2026 | Media Releases
The End Forest Mining (EFM) alliance has called an agreement reached with the Australian Government and US mining giant Alcoa to pay $55 million to “remediate historical land clearing” without approval as “a slap on the wrist”.
by End Forest Mining | Jan 15, 2026 | Media Releases
Alcoa was granted an Exemption Order in December 2023 to allow its bauxite strip mining activities to continue in the Northern Jarrah Forest while its Mining Management Plan was under review by the WA state government.
by End Forest Mining | Sep 3, 2025 | Media Releases
Image: #MilesTweediePhotography An alleged agreement between Alcoa and the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority Board for the US mining giant to be a diamond sponsor of the annual Everlasting Spring Festival event at Kings Park has been described as a classic case of...
by End Forest Mining | Sep 3, 2025 | Media Releases
Ad Standards Australia has upheld a claim that a recent advertising blitz by Alcoa to support its proposed expansion of bauxite mining in Perth’s unique Northern Jarrah Forest breached 80% of the Environmental Code: Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4. This landmark decision...
by End Forest Mining | May 29, 2025 | Media Releases
MEDIA RELEASE Conservation groups have slammed a proposal by US mining company Alcoa, that would see thousands of hectares of Western Australia’s unique jarrah forest destroyed for bauxite mining operations in Perth’s Darling Range water catchment zone. Photo by...
