Bauxite production in Australia is expected to grow in the coming years with the country to remain the largest global producer of bauxite.
Read More
Rio Tinto triples solar for Weipa mine and township
Rio Tinto has contracted EDL to build, own and operate a 4MW solar plant and 4MW battery storage at its Weipa bauxite operation in far north Queensland.
Read More
Read More
K2fly onwards and upwards with Alcoa deal
Alcoa has signed K2fly to a tailings management contract across seven bauxite mines globally, furthering the industry’s commitment to the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management.
Read More
Read More
Rio Tinto and ARENA partner for greener aluminium
Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have partnered to investigate processing with hydrogen instead of natural gas at the Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Queensland.
Read More
Read More
Rio Tinto to implement solar power at QLD mine site
Rio Tinto has enlisted a US company to build a $23 million solar plant for its Weipa bauxite mine.
Read More
Read More
MetroCoal launches takeover bid for Cape Alumina
Just months after cancelling a planned merger, MetroCoal has made an on-market bid for resource company Cape Alumina.
Read More
Read More
Cape Alumina say mining ban is bad for foreign investment
Cape Alumina says the decision to ban mining over the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve has alienated foreign investors from China, Korea and Japan.
Read More
Read More
Mining banned on Steve Irwin’s nature reserve, Cape Alumina dump bauxite project
Cape Alumina has suspended all work on its Pisolite Hills mine and port project in Queensland after the state government banned mining over the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve and the Bertiehaugh Cattle Station.
Read More
Read More