{"id":772654,"date":"2026-07-01T18:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772654\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:49:11","slug":"south32s-aluminium-deal-with-alcoa-is-unlike-any-other-with-ai-and-donald-trump-at-its-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772654\/","title":{"rendered":"South32\u2019s aluminium deal with Alcoa is unlike any other, with AI and Donald Trump at its core"},"content":{"rendered":"

South32\u2019s deal to sell the bulk of its aluminium and alumina assets to Alcoa for $US5.6 billion plus $US1.2 billion in rehabilitation costs (for a total of almost $9.9 billion) has more plot twists than your average thriller.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s the big pivot the transaction represents for South32, which is betting that selling the division that accounted for almost 40 per cent of its earnings<\/a> will transform it into a higher-margin, higher-growth miner with copper \u2013 that crucial fuel for the artificial intelligence boom \u2013 at its heart.<\/p>\n

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