South32 Worsley Alumina has submitted a revised proposal to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) regarding the expansion of its Worsley mine in Western Australia.
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Metro resumes Bauxite Hills operations following production delays
Metro Mining has recommenced operations at its Bauxite Hills mine, having completed activities relating to expanding production in 2019.
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SRG Global inks South32 Worsley alumina contract
South32 has awarded a long-term engineering services contract at the Worsley Alumina bauxite operations in Western Australia to SRG Global.
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Metro lifts production at Bauxite Hills after resuming operations
Metro Mining's Bauxite Hills mine north of Weipa is back in operation after a planned hiatus during the wet season in Far North Queensland.
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Rio Tinto operations return to normal after cyclones
Rio Tinto has reopened all of the operations in Western Australia and Queensland that were temporarily closed in anticipation of the cyclones on both sides of the country.
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Rio Tinto, BHP take action as cyclones hit
Major miners Rio Tinto and BHP are gearing up in preparation for the cyclones on both the west and east coasts of Australia.
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Rio Tinto commissions $2.6bn Amrun bauxite mine
The major miner has completed commissioning of the Amrun mine in Far North Queensland ahead of schedule and as global supply of the higher-grade bauxite produced at the site becomes scarcer.
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Australia a resource leader for nine commodities
Government reporting from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Geoscience Australia (GA) have pointed to a resources and energy sector in good health following on from a record $248 billion in exports in 2018.
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Australian Bauxite ramps up operations at Tasmanian mine
Australian Bauxite has launched mining and screening at the Bald Hill mine in northern Tasmania to prepare for its next cargo of seaborne cement-grade product.
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Maiden Rio Tinto shipment from Amrun arrives in Gladstone
The maiden bauxite shipment from Rio Tinto's newest mine, Amrun in Queensland, has arrived at the Port of Gladstone.
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Rio Tinto ships first bauxite from Amrun
Rio Tinto has made its first shipment of bauxite from the Amrun project in Queensland six weeks ahead of schedule.
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Rio Tinto Gove Operations rewarded after shift in strategy
Rio Tinto's Gove Operations has been recognised as a world-class bauxite producer in the global aluminium industry at the 2018 Chief Minister's Northern Territory Export and Industry Awards.
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Industrial action at Alcoa sites ends after two months
The Australia Workers' Union (AWU) and aluminium-focused Alcoa have reached an agreement regarding a strike that took place at Alcoa operations in Western Australia.
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Metro Mining ships a million tonnes of bauxite to China
Metro Mining has shipped one million tonnes (Mt) of bauxite from its Bauxite Hills mine north of Weipa on Western Cape York, five months since the commencement of mining operations.
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Rio Tinto Amrun export facility wins civil construction award
Rio Tinto's Amrun Chith export facility team, McConnell Dowell, Bechtel and Jacobs, have won a Queensland Civil Contractors Federation (CCF) Earth Award for its civil construction.
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Metro Mining wins big in Chinese bauxite market
Metro Mining is speeding through 2018 with a series of success - its Bauxite Hills mine has seen a strong first quarter of production, ramping up to realising a targeted production of 2 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) in 2018 with two more offtake agreements.
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Alcoa workers take industrial action over agreement fallout
Alcoa workers in Western Australia have gone on strike over the company's new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) for its operations.
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Rio Tinto capex increases by a third, costs up $530m
Rio Tinto has posted its half-year financial results for 2018, revealing a significant capex increase of 34 per cent and cost hike of $530 million.
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Rio Tinto iron ore exports rise as higher costs emerge
Rio Tinto is on track to hit the upper part of its Pilbara iron ore guidance in 2018 after a strong end to the first half of the year.
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Metro Mining raises $17.5m for Bauxite Hills
Metro Mining’s equity raising effort has led to an oversubscribed institutional placement, increasing its initial equity raising ambitions of $15 million up to $17.5 million.
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