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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.
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Henry BallardSeptember 20, 2021, 10:25 amSeptember 20, 2021
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Alcoa secures sustainability certification

Alcoa has received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certification for its Western Australian operations.
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Vanessa ZhouJanuary 30, 2020, 9:55 amJanuary 30, 2020
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Joystick control enhances efficiency at bauxite operations

Rio Tinto’s bauxite operations in Queensland and the Northern Territory have received an uplift in safety and efficiency thanks to an Australian-engineered joystick control.  
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Vanessa ZhouOctober 14, 2019, 9:20 amOctober 14, 2019
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Amrun to drive Australia’s global bauxite strength

Rio Tinto's $2.6 billion Amrun mine in Queensland is cementing Australia's standing as the world's top producer of bauxite.
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Ben CreaghMay 9, 2019, 10:17 amMay 9, 2019
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Rio Tinto declares force majeure due to cyclone damage

Rio Tinto has announced disruptions to certain iron ore shipments from Western Australia following the impact of Cyclone Veronica.
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Ben CreaghApril 1, 2019, 9:26 amApril 1, 2019
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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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Ben CreaghMarch 27, 2019, 10:08 amMarch 27, 2019
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Rio Tinto suspends Pilbara operations due to cyclone

Rio Tinto has temporarily halted rail operations and mining at the Robe Valley project in the Pilbara in response to Cyclone Veronica.
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Ben CreaghMarch 25, 2019, 9:03 amMarch 25, 2019
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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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Ben CreaghMarch 22, 2019, 12:28 pmMarch 23, 2019
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Major contracts push Decmil to strong start in 2019

Several Tier 1 mining contracts have helped push engineering contractor Decmil into profitability in its first-half report for 2019.
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Ben CreaghMarch 1, 2019, 9:19 amMarch 1, 2019
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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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Vanessa ZhouSeptember 24, 2018, 11:34 amSeptember 24, 2018
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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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Vanessa ZhouSeptember 13, 2018, 1:10 pmSeptember 13, 2018
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Rio Tinto forms partnership to boost Pilbara businesses

Rio Tinto has launched a partnership with the Regional Chambers of Commerce & Industry Western Australia (RCCIWA) to support businesses in the Pilbara.
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Vanessa ZhouJuly 26, 2018, 1:11 pmJuly 26, 2018
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Metro launches first shipment to China from Bauxite Hills

Metro Mining has announced its first shipment from the Bauxite Hills mine in Queensland to China. The 62,000t shipment is to be delivered from the Bauxite Hills mine (around 95km north of Weipa in Queensland) to Shandong, China via the Hong Kong cargo vessel Spring Oasis.
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Ben CreaghMay 7, 2018, 9:25 amMay 7, 2018
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Metro starts mining at Bauxite Hills

Metro Mining has launched mining operations at the Bauxite Hills site near Weipa in Far North Queensland.
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Ben CreaghApril 16, 2018, 10:36 amApril 16, 2018
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Disruptive weather hits Rio Tinto iron ore operations

Poor weather conditions have disrupted Rio Tinto’s performance at its Pilbara iron ore operations in Western Australia during the first quarter of 2017.
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Ben CreaghApril 20, 2017, 10:54 amApril 20, 2017
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Metro bauxite mine to employ 200 in North Queensland

Metro Mining is preparing to launch construction of the Bauxite Hills mine near Weipa in North Queensland in July.
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Ben CreaghMarch 16, 2017, 10:34 amMarch 16, 2017
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Rio Tinto’s latest Amrun contract to create 150 jobs in Queensland

Rio Tinto has awarded a $70 million bulk earthworks contract to civil engineering firm QBirt for the development of mine infrastructure at the Amrun bauxite project in northern Queensland.
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Ben CreaghJanuary 20, 2017, 8:36 amJanuary 20, 2017
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Gas leak on Rio’s Weipa site, workers evacuated

Workers have been evacuated from Rio Tinto Alcan’s Weipa bauxite operation this morning, after a gas leak was identified.
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Staff WriterNovember 19, 2013, 2:21 pmNovember 19, 2013

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