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WHILE its product is sometimes known as congealed electricity, or perhaps because of it, Alcoa vice-president Michael Gollschewski told a full house at the West Australian Mining Club May 26 function that the company believed it could help the world move towards renewables.

 Alcoa vice-president Michael Gollschewski addressing the crowd in Perth on May 26, 2022. Photo by Karma Barndon.

Alcoa vice-president Michael Gollschewski addressing the crowd in Perth on May 26, 2022. Photo by Karma Barndon.

Gollschewski said the company operated one of the biggest integrated bauxite mining, alumina refining and aluminium smelting systems in the world. Nevertheless, he said, it saw itself as part of the...

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