asx awc otcqb awcmy founded 2003 headquarters southbank melbourne victoria australia website www.aluminalimited.com alumina limited is a public company listed on the australian and new york stock exchanges . it was formed in 2003 in a demerger from western mining corporation and is one of the top 100 companies on the asx by market capitalization . alumina s only business activity is as the owner of a 40 % share in a joint venture with alcoa called alcoa world alumina and chemicals awac . awac s business is the mining of bauxite the extraction of alumina aluminium oxide and the smelting of pure aluminium . it has about 17 % of the global alumina market . alcoa owns the remaining 60 % of the business and acts as day to day manager . in australia awac trades as alcoa of australia aoa which owns two bauxite mines and three refineries to extract aluminium oxide from bauxite in western australia and owns a smelter to extract pure aluminium metal and has a controlling interest in another in victoria . awac also has operations or interests in texas suriname jamaica brazil spain guinea and owns alcoa steamship . alumina s chief executive officer is john bevan and the board is chaired by donald morley . given that the management of alumina s assets is performed entirely by other companies their extensive governance structure and regular board meetings have attracted adverse comment . internet publication crikey describe alumina s board as corporate australia s cosiest and most expensive lunch club . 1 see also edit alcoa aluminium oxide alumina alcoa world alumina and chemicals list of alumina refineries list of aluminium smelters references edit the lunch club continues at alumina external links edit alumina limited v t e business in australia institutions australian competition and consumer commission australian corporate law australian prudential regulation authority australian securities and investments commission australian takeovers panel constitution of australia 1901 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