Alcoa
American materials company
Follow Alcoa on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| August 2024 | Alcoa completed the acquisition of Alumina, gaining full ownership of AWAC. |
| February 2024 | Alcoa announced it would acquire Alumina for $2.2 billion in an all-stock deal, which would give Alcoa full ownership of AWAC. |
| January 2024 | Alcoa announced it would cease alumina production at its Kwinana refinery in Western Australia. |
| 2022 | Alcoa spent over $1 million lobbying the U.S. government to impose sanctions on Russian aluminum companies in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2021 | Alcoa sold parts of its Warrick County, Indiana facility to Kaiser Aluminum, retaining the aluminum smelter and generating station. |
| 2020 | Alcoa's pollution ranking dropped to 72nd based on the latest available emissions data. |
| 2019 | Ontario Power Generation acquired Cube Hydro and placed it into a subsidiary named Eagle Creek. |
| December 2019 | Duke University sent a comprehensive report to the state Department of Environmental Quality detailing ongoing environmental contamination from Alcoa's historical waste disposal practices at the Badin Works site. |
| September 13 2019 | Wildlife commission announced the purchase of 2,424 acres of Alcoa lands in four counties, creating Yadkin River Game Lands. |
| 2018 | Duke University Environmental Law and Policy Clinic began surveys revealing that polluted groundwater from Alcoa's waste had reached the Little Mountain Creek floodplain. |
| October 2018 | Alcoa announced plans to move from Pittsburgh's North Shore to a downtown Pittsburgh location. |
| September 1 2017 | Alcoa moved its headquarters back to Pittsburgh, as part of a global consolidation of administrative facilities. |
| February 2 2017 | The sale of APGI power plants to Cube Hydro Carolinas became official. |
| 2016 | After selling its power plants, APGI committed to continue marketing the Badin Business Park for potential investments and redevelopment. |
| December 13 2016 | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the license transfer to Cube Yadkin Generation. |
| September 22 2016 | Alcoa received a license to operate until March 31, 2055, with specific requirements for water levels and lake management. |
| July 11 2016 | Cube Hydro Carolinas announced its purchase of the APGI power plants on the Yadkin River. |
| April 22 2015 | U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle ruled that the Yadkin River was not navigable at the time of U.S. independence. |
| 2014 | Alcoa reduced its airborne pollutant emissions to less than 5 million pounds, ranking first in the United States for emissions. |
| August 2014 | Point Henry aluminum smelter in Victoria was scheduled to be closed. |
| 2013 | Stanly County agreed to support Alcoa's license renewal. |
| August 2 2013 | The state filed a lawsuit claiming Alcoa did not own land under its lakes. |
| July 29 2013 | State Department of Environment and Natural Resources recommended approval for relicensing. |
| May 23 2011 | Electronic Recyclers International announced plans to invest $5 million in a 165,000-square-foot building at the site, with APGI also committing $5 million to the development. |
| January 2011 | Alcoa announced a $10 million commitment to prepare the Badin Works site for redevelopment, including demolishing unnecessary buildings and making facility improvements. |
| 2010 | UNC-TV anchorwoman Eszter Vajda produced a documentary about Alcoa's operations in North Carolina. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Alcoa & Alcoa Power Generating, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.