Aluminum, one of the most commonly used metals in manufacturing, has a dark side. Its production generates a byproduct called bauxite residue—or “red mud”—that contains toxic minerals and has a highly ...

For years, toxic and slightly radioactive red mud and dust from the waste ponds of a shuttered alumina plant have bothered neighborhoods near Gonzales. But local leaders are working on a solution to ...

A long-troubled bauxite refinery along the Mississippi River near Gramercy hit with a compliance order and threat of fines earlier this year is now facing a lawsuit in federal court from a regional ...