The Review comes at a critical time for the Australian aluminium industry. Aluminium is an electricity-intensive industry facing difficult global market conditions. The Australian aluminium industry directly employs or engages more than 15,000 people, in well paid, stable and skilled jobs; and indirectly sustains the livelihoods of many more, predominantly as the largest employer in certain regional areas – such as Portland, Launceston, the Hunter Valley, Gladstone, Western Cape York Peninsula and south-west Western Australia.
