The boss of Alcoa Australia, Matt Reed, has been promoted to steer the US miner’s international operations from his Perth base after simply seven months with the aluminium specialist.
Reed took cost of Alcoa’s WA bauxite mines and alumina refineries and a Victorian aluminium smelter in June after two years working the operations of South Australian miner Oz Minerals, which BHP took over this yr.
Matt Reed joined Alcoa Australia in June after BHP took over his former employer Oz MineralsCredit score: Tony McDonough
On Thursday, Alcoa introduced Reed would grow to be its chief operations officer and an govt vp from January 1, 2024.
Reed will substitute Invoice Oplinger, who turned Alcoa chief govt in September. He will likely be liable for manufacturing, prices, security and environmental administration for Alcoa’s operations in america, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Norway, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Guinea.
Oplinger mentioned Reed was a powerful chief who would assist drive a high-performance tradition.
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“He’ll construct on the work he’s already completed, driving elevated stability whereas efficiently managing a spread of advanced initiatives,” Oplinger mentioned.
When Reed arrived at Alcoa it was reeling from revelations that its large-scale clearing of WA jarrah forests endangered Perth water provides and after 60 years of mining within the state it had not absolutely rehabilitated any of the 28,000 hectares of forest it had cleared.
Approvals for clearing extra forest had slowed up to now few years resulting from issues that after heavy rainfall, sediment might wash into Serpentine Dam and contaminate Perth’s largest supply of ingesting water.
