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  2. Weipa bauxite mine - Wikipedia

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    The Weipa bauxite mine is a bauxite mine at Weipa on the western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. A geologist named Harry Evans discovered the vast bauxite resource in 1955. [1] Operations commenced in 1963. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto. Power to the mine is supplied via a 6.7MW solar photovoltaic solar farm on site. [1]

  3. Bauxite mining in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Weipa bauxite mine is located on the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and currently owned by Rio Tinto. In 2018, the mine produced 30.4 million tonnes of bauxite with an alumina percentage of approximately 50.6% Al 2 O 3 .

  4. Weipa - Wikipedia

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    The Weipa Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns was established in 1982. [19] On 30 March 1985, the Weipa South community elected the Weipa South Aboriginal Council, and the Aboriginal reserve held by the government was transferred to the council on 27 October 1988 under a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT).

  5. Weipa Town - Wikipedia

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    It is an unusual local government area as it is not governed and managed by a council elected by residents but rather by the company Rio Tinto Aluminium (which operates a bauxite mine in the area) through a governing body called the Weipa Town Authority. In the 2021 census, the Weipa Town had a population of 4,100 people. [1]

  6. Dampier, Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    Dampier is a major industrial port in the Pilbara region in the northwest of Western Australia. [3] It is located near the city of Karratha and Port Walcott. [4]Dampier Port is part of the Dampier Archipelago and is primarily a port for the export of iron ore from Rio Tinto mines, LNG and salt.

  7. Rio Tinto (corporation) - Wikipedia

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    Rio Tinto Group is a British-Australian multinational company that is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation (behind BHP). [3] It was founded in 1873 when a group of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto, in Huelva, Spain, from the Spanish government. It has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions.

  8. Exclusive-Rio Tinto in talks to buy lithium miner Arcadium ...

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    (Reuters) -Rio Tinto has been holding talks to buy lithium miner Arcadium, three sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations said, a deal that would make Rio the third-largest producer of ...

  9. Hamersley & Robe River railway - Wikipedia

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    In May 2008, Rio Tinto suffered a setback when the Federal Court of Australia rejected an attempt by Rio to block Fortescue from using their rail network. [20] Following this, in June 2010, the Australian Competition Tribunal ruled that Fortescue would be granted access to the Robe River line and BHP Billiton's Goldsworthy line but not to the ...