Alcoa, which is one of the world's leading producers of primary aluminium, processed aluminium and alumina, was the first Australian company to introduce Diphotérine as a part of an on-going strategy to prevent chemical burns. Diphotérine was successfully implemented and tested a few years ago in some of the Alcoa refineries in the Atlantic region and introduced for the first time in 2006 to Alcoa's Operations in Western Australia.