Rehabilitation Activities
We clear, mine and rehabilitate 75 hectares of land in the Darling Range
for every million tonnes of alumina we refine from bauxite. More than
8,900 hectares have so far been revegetated.
We currently spend $18,000 per hectare on revegetation and a total of
$14 million per year on research, planning, environmental operations and
rehabilitation.
On World Environment Day in June 1990, we were listed on the United Nations
Environment Programme's Global 500 Roll of Honour for environmental achievement
in mine rehabilitation. We are the only mining company in the world to
have obtained this recognition, which reflects more than two decades of
environmental research and development.
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