Wow, Alcoa’s Month of Service never ceases to amaze me! Our people just get out there into the community and make such a difference to so many organisations and individuals. What our people did in hours as crews, teams and families would have taken many organisations weeks, months or in some instances may never have even got off the ground.

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Tis the season to recycle, according to global aluminium company, Alcoa of Australia as it announces a new Alcoa Foundation partnership with environmental organisation, Planet Ark. Dedicated to bringing about improvements in environmental sustainability through global investment in „reduce, recycle, replenish‟ campaigns Alcoa Foundation is pushing hard to promote greater recycling rates and reuse of materials worldwide.

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October has been a busy time so far - with celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of Portland Aluminium in Victoria and our annual volunteering month, ‘Month of Service’, in full swing. It’s a real credit to Alcoa that we retain 53 employees from the year of Portland Aluminium’s inauguration in 1986, while 70% of Portland Aluminium employees have been with us for more than 10 years.

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This week our Technology Delivery Group (TDG), which is the alumina refining R&D team, was honoured with the inaugural Australasian Industrial Research Group Medal. This is the third award TDG has won in the past 12 months for ground-breaking technology that’s helping to reduce our energy use. This team, based right here in Australia, is constantly developing innovative new equipment and processes for cleaner, more efficient production at Alcoa refineries worldwide and consistently helps to solve environmental challenges.  This is a much deserved win for technology that was more than 10 years in the making. Well done team.

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