• Alcoa broke ground on a gallium production plant at its Wagerup alumina refinery in Western Australia.
• Facility will be built and operated by Alcoa, backed by government and industry partners from Australia, Japan, the US.
• Project targets a new non-Chinese supply source for the critical mineral used in semiconductors and defense supply chains.
• Construction expected to create up to 200 local jobs; plant to add about 20 permanent roles once operational.

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