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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rio Tinto plans to double bauxite production at Amrun mine in Queensland
Rio Tinto will begin preliminary works and final engineering studies to nearly double production from its Amrun bauxite mine in far north Queensland, Australia, by 2029. The project was named Kangwinan at the request of the traditional owners, the Wik Waya people. It will see the construction of a new mine and the expansion of the existing port. This development will increase annual bauxite production capacity from Rio Tinto's Weipa Southern operations, where Amrun is situated, by up to 20 million tonnes (mt), in addition to the current 23mt. The Amrun mine was developed at a cost of $1.9bn (A$2.96bn) and opened in 2018. Production from Kangwinan is expected to replace the output from the Andoom mine in Cape York and the Gove mine in the Northern Territory, which are set to close by the end of this decade. The expansion will generate more than 800 construction jobs and sustain the workforce currently employed at Weipa's mines. Early works approved for the project include the construction of a 250-room camp for construction workers at Amrun Village and the development of an access road to the Kangwinan area. A final investment decision (FID) on the project is expected in 2026, pending consultations with traditional owners, completion of engineering, cultural heritage and environmental studies, as well as securing regulatory and other approvals. Rio Tinto Pacific Operations Aluminium managing director Armando Torres said: 'This feasibility study will explore a new bauxite operation at our Weipa Operations and represents a strong vote of confidence in the world-class bauxite deposits on the Western Cape York Peninsula, our bauxite operations and the local community. 'It is an important step toward securing the long-term future of our operations at Cape York, and the benefits that mining brings to communities in the region, while ensuring security of supply to our Australian refineries and to our customers.' Earlier this month, Rio Tinto signed binding agreements with Codelco to establish a joint venture to develop the Salar de Maricunga lithium project in Chile. "Rio Tinto plans to double bauxite production at Amrun mine in Queensland" was originally created and published by Mining Technology, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rio Tinto to start early works and final studies to increase Amrun mine's bauxite production on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto will begin early works and conduct final engineering studies to increase production capacity at the Amrun bauxite mine on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, aiming for first output as early as 2029. The project, named Kangwinan at the request of Traditional Owners, the Wik Waya people, will involve building a new mine and expanding the existing port to almost double bauxite production from Rio Tinto's Weipa Southern operations, where Amrun is located. Production from the Kangwinan project would replace output from the Andoom mine in Cape York and the Gove mine in the Northern Territory, which are both expected to close toward the end of the current decade. Rio Tinto Pacific Operations Aluminium Managing Director Armando Torres said: "This feasibility study will explore a new bauxite operation at our Weipa Operations and represents a strong vote of confidence in the world-class bauxite deposits on the Western Cape York Peninsula, our bauxite operations, and the local community. "It's an important step toward securing the long-term future of our operations at Cape York, and the benefits that mining brings to communities in the region, while ensuring security of supply to our Australian refineries and to our customers." If approved, the project will establish a mining centre 15 kilometres south-east of Amrun, which was constructed at a cost of US$1.9 billion and opened in 2018. The proposed expansion would increase annual bauxite production capacity from Rio Tinto's Weipa Southern operations, by up to 20 million tonnes, in addition to the current 23 million tonnes, and expand export capacity through the Amrun port. This would largely replace the tonnages lost when Gove and Andoom come to the end of their mine lives. Kangwinan will generate more than 800 jobs in construction and would maintain the workforce currently employed at Weipa's mines slated for closure. The approved early works include building a 250-room camp at Amrun Village to house construction workers and developing an initial access road to the Kangwinan area. A final investment decision is due in 2026, subject to cultural heritage consultation with Traditional Owners, completing engineering, cultural heritage and environment studies, as well as securing regulatory and other approvals. Additional information Kangwinan is a protector of all sacred, ceremonial and female protocols of the Wik Waya tribe. It is also the name of the black female crow, a totem of the Wik Waya people. Rio Tinto operates an integrated aluminium value chain in Australia and New Zealand which starts with bauxite mined at Weipa, refined into alumina at Gladstone, Queensland then turned into aluminium at smelters in Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and New Zealand. Companies now owned by Rio Tinto began bauxite mining in Cape York, Queensland in 1963. The current mines supply Rio Tinto Aluminium's Yarwun and QAL refineries and export customers in China. View source version on Contacts Please direct all enquiries to Media Relations, United Kingdom Matthew Klar M +44 7796 630 637David Outhwaite M +44 7787 597 493Media Relations, Australia Matt Chambers M +61 433 525 739Michelle Lee M +61 458 609 322Rachel Pupazzoni M +61 438 875 469Media Relations, Canada Simon Letendre M +1 514 796 4973Malika Cherry M +1 418 592 7293Vanessa Damha M +1 514 715 2152Media Relations, US Jesse Riseborough M +1 202 394 9480Investor Relations, United Kingdom Rachel ArellanoM: +44 7584 609 644David Ovington M +44 7920 010 978Laura Brooks M +44 7826 942 797Weiwei Hu M +44 7825 907 230Investor Relations, Australia Tom Gallop M +61 439 353 948Phoebe Lee M +61 413 557 780 Rio Tinto plc 6 St James's SquareLondon SW1Y 4ADUnited KingdomT +44 20 7781 2000Registered in EnglandNo. 719885 Rio Tinto Limited Level 43, 120 Collins StreetMelbourne 3000AustraliaT +61 3 9283 3333Registered in AustraliaABN 96 004 458 404 Category: General Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Rio Tinto to start early works and final studies to increase Amrun mine's bauxite production on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto will begin early works and conduct final engineering studies to increase production capacity at the Amrun bauxite mine on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, aiming for first output as early as 2029. The project, named Kangwinan at the request of Traditional Owners, the Wik Waya people, will involve building a new mine and expanding the existing port to almost double bauxite production from Rio Tinto's Weipa Southern operations, where Amrun is located. Production from the Kangwinan project would replace output from the Andoom mine in Cape York and the Gove mine in the Northern Territory, which are both expected to close toward the end of the current decade. Rio Tinto Pacific Operations Aluminium Managing Director Armando Torres said: 'This feasibility study will explore a new bauxite operation at our Weipa Operations and represents a strong vote of confidence in the world-class bauxite deposits on the Western Cape York Peninsula, our bauxite operations, and the local community. 'It's an important step toward securing the long-term future of our operations at Cape York, and the benefits that mining brings to communities in the region, while ensuring security of supply to our Australian refineries and to our customers.' If approved, the project will establish a mining centre 15 kilometres south-east of Amrun, which was constructed at a cost of US$1.9 billion and opened in 2018. The proposed expansion would increase annual bauxite production capacity from Rio Tinto's Weipa Southern operations, by up to 20 million tonnes, in addition to the current 23 million tonnes, and expand export capacity through the Amrun port. This would largely replace the tonnages lost when Gove and Andoom come to the end of their mine lives. Kangwinan will generate more than 800 jobs in construction and would maintain the workforce currently employed at Weipa's mines slated for closure. The approved early works include building a 250-room camp at Amrun Village to house construction workers and developing an initial access road to the Kangwinan area. A final investment decision is due in 2026, subject to cultural heritage consultation with Traditional Owners, completing engineering, cultural heritage and environment studies, as well as securing regulatory and other approvals. Additional information Kangwinan is a protector of all sacred, ceremonial and female protocols of the Wik Waya tribe. It is also the name of the black female crow, a totem of the Wik Waya people. Rio Tinto operates an integrated aluminium value chain in Australia and New Zealand which starts with bauxite mined at Weipa, refined into alumina at Gladstone, Queensland then turned into aluminium at smelters in Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and New Zealand. Companies now owned by Rio Tinto began bauxite mining in Cape York, Queensland in 1963. The current mines supply Rio Tinto Aluminium's Yarwun and QAL refineries and export customers in China.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rio Tinto to start early works and final studies to increase Amrun mine's bauxite production on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto will begin early works and conduct final engineering studies to increase production capacity at the Amrun bauxite mine on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, aiming for first output as early as 2029. The project, named Kangwinan at the request of Traditional Owners, the Wik Waya people, will involve building a new mine and expanding the existing port to almost double bauxite production from Rio Tinto's Weipa Southern operations, where Amrun is located. Production from the Kangwinan project would replace output from the Andoom mine in Cape York and the Gove mine in the Northern Territory, which are both expected to close toward the end of the current decade. Rio Tinto Pacific Operations Aluminium Managing Director Armando Torres said: "This feasibility study will explore a new bauxite operation at our Weipa Operations and represents a strong vote of confidence in the world-class bauxite deposits on the Western Cape York Peninsula, our bauxite operations, and the local community. "It's an important step toward securing the long-term future of our operations at Cape York, and the benefits that mining brings to communities in the region, while ensuring security of supply to our Australian refineries and to our customers." If approved, the project will establish a mining centre 15 kilometres south-east of Amrun, which was constructed at a cost of US$1.9 billion and opened in 2018. The proposed expansion would increase annual bauxite production capacity from Rio Tinto's Weipa Southern operations, by up to 20 million tonnes, in addition to the current 23 million tonnes, and expand export capacity through the Amrun port. This would largely replace the tonnages lost when Gove and Andoom come to the end of their mine lives. Kangwinan will generate more than 800 jobs in construction and would maintain the workforce currently employed at Weipa's mines slated for closure. The approved early works include building a 250-room camp at Amrun Village to house construction workers and developing an initial access road to the Kangwinan area. A final investment decision is due in 2026, subject to cultural heritage consultation with Traditional Owners, completing engineering, cultural heritage and environment studies, as well as securing regulatory and other approvals. Additional information Kangwinan is a protector of all sacred, ceremonial and female protocols of the Wik Waya tribe. It is also the name of the black female crow, a totem of the Wik Waya people. Rio Tinto operates an integrated aluminium value chain in Australia and New Zealand which starts with bauxite mined at Weipa, refined into alumina at Gladstone, Queensland then turned into aluminium at smelters in Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania and New Zealand. Companies now owned by Rio Tinto began bauxite mining in Cape York, Queensland in 1963. The current mines supply Rio Tinto Aluminium's Yarwun and QAL refineries and export customers in China. View source version on Contacts Please direct all enquiries to Media Relations, United Kingdom Matthew Klar M +44 7796 630 637David Outhwaite M +44 7787 597 493Media Relations, Australia Matt Chambers M +61 433 525 739Michelle Lee M +61 458 609 322Rachel Pupazzoni M +61 438 875 469Media Relations, Canada Simon Letendre M +1 514 796 4973Malika Cherry M +1 418 592 7293Vanessa Damha M +1 514 715 2152Media Relations, US Jesse Riseborough M +1 202 394 9480Investor Relations, United Kingdom Rachel ArellanoM: +44 7584 609 644David Ovington M +44 7920 010 978Laura Brooks M +44 7826 942 797Weiwei Hu M +44 7825 907 230Investor Relations, Australia Tom Gallop M +61 439 353 948Phoebe Lee M +61 413 557 780 Rio Tinto plc 6 St James's SquareLondon SW1Y 4ADUnited KingdomT +44 20 7781 2000Registered in EnglandNo. 719885 Rio Tinto Limited Level 43, 120 Collins StreetMelbourne 3000AustraliaT +61 3 9283 3333Registered in AustraliaABN 96 004 458 404 Category: General Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
The Guardian
15-05-2025
- The Guardian
A jolt back to life: after years of avoiding risk, I have decided to dive in and say yes
Years ago, I travelled to Weipa on the Cape York peninsula to run a week of writing workshops at a school. We flew in as the sun set, and by the time I left the small tin shed airport with the keys to the hire car, it was pitch black. I threw my bags on to the back seat and turned on my phone, discovering that my carrier didn't work in far north Queensland. There was no GPS in the car, no street directory tucked under the seat, and the other arrivals had already fled the bush airport and disappeared into the night. I gulped down the fear that was growing in my stomach as I realised that I had absolutely no idea where I was going, and no bars of reception to tell me. I turned the key in the ignition and drove the dusty road until I reached what I assumed was the highway. I had two options. Left or right. I turned left and tried to slow my breathing. There were no streetlights. Just the glow of the moon. I opened the window and immediately closed it again. And I kept driving, hoping to find a street sign that would tell me where to go. Ten or so minutes later, I reached the town of Weipa, which was smaller than I'd expected. I took every sidestreet until I finally found the pub where I was staying. Checking in, the woman at the front counter told me not to walk too far down the back of the property because of crocodiles and then explained the phones weren't working in the rooms and the wifi was patchy at best. I told her I had no mobile reception at all. It meant I couldn't text my family to let them know I'd arrived. As I lay in bed that night, with a creaky fan moving the soupy air around, I realised how long it had been since I'd felt so free. I had an accidental adventure, one I hadn't planned on, one I hadn't even understood I needed. And it made me remember what it was to be uncontactable, where I could make choices and take risks and be unwatched. When I was younger, I lived without constantly calculating risk and without the endless loop of danger scenarios running through my head. Those fears took up residence around the time I was heavily pregnant with my first child. The scenarios were fuelled by thinking, what if I wasn't enough as a mother, or what if something happened to me or my baby, and slowly morphed into a set of more generalised concerns, ranging from car accidents to plane crashes, serial killers to illnesses. Obviously, these weren't always rational, but they did sometimes wake me up in the middle of the night or even stop me finding sleep at all. When my partner died in 2020, the what-ifs amplified in volume, and I found them debilitating at times. As a single parent to two children, I felt the risks I could take were limited. I had to be around for them, so I couldn't just jump on a plane and take off on an unplanned adventure. But having nursed my partner through the final stages of cancer, I didn't want to feel scared any more. I wanted to feel brave and connected to the world. I wanted to feel connected to myself, and I wanted a jolt of life to shock me back from where I'd been operating as a carer. Prompted by the vows at a friend's wedding where they agreed to have no nos, and instead do the things they each wanted to do, I decided that instead of saying no to invitations that sparked fear and a what-if response, I'd dive in and say yes – simply because I was asked. In the past year, I've agreed to many fear-inducing events – because they are fear-inducing. I've presented on stage to thousands of students at a writers' festival and lived to tell the tale. I've gone to parties alone when I've known virtually no one and managed to talk to more than one stranger. I've been interviewed on ice-skates when I could barely let go of the side and grinned like a fool as I attempted to skate. It's not that I was particularly eager to do any of these things, it's that surviving them, by being scared, embarrassed or even just nervous, I feel present, like I'm still here. Taking risks is often thought of as a young person's game. A sort of rite of passage period between the teen years and adulthood. But there is much to be said for diving into the uncomfortable as we age. And of course, on the days I don't feel up to strapping on ice-skates, I temper all of this activity by lying in bed and watching movies, safe in my pyjamas with my cat curled on my lap. Nova Weetman is an award-winning children's author. Her memoir, Love, Death & Other Scenes, is published by UQP
