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Our Weipa operations in Far North Queensland includes three bauxite mines, processing facilities, shiploaders, an export wharf, two ports, power stations, a rail network and ferry terminals.
Amrun, our newest mine, was completed in 2018 and will extend our Weipa bauxite operations by decades, significantly building on our 55-year history on the Western Cape, and providing jobs and supporting business growth in the region. The mine is located on traditional land. We work closely with the Traditional Owners to implement our agreements, ensuring that the benefits generated from mining support future generations and that important cultural heritage sites are identified and preserved .
In 2022, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Traditional Owner representatives from the Alngith, Anathangayth, Peppan and Wathayn Traditional Owner groups on a consultation process around the closure planning for the East Weipa bauxite mine.
Respecting the environment and local communities is a priority for our operations. Amrun – our flagship bauxite development which made its first shipment in December 2018 – was built with advanced technology, innovation and a commitment to the Western Cape York community and strong partnership with the local Wik-Waya Traditional Owners. At the request of Traditional Owners, it was named Amrun, the Wik Waya people’s traditional name for the area where most of the mine’s infrastructure is located.
While constructing Amrun, we used innovative modular engineering techniques to build the wharf more safely, faster and with a smaller environmental footprint.
We also used virtual reality to help the local community and Traditional Owners understand how the mine and surrounding areas would eventually look. Today, we oversee activities at Amrun in real-time, using the latest technology and predictive mathematical tools to run operations safely and efficiently.
Our Bauxite Integrated Operations Centre oversees the way we run our northern Australia operations in real time. The Operations Centre team uses the latest technology and tools like predictive maths, clever computer code and powerful software to run East Weipa, Amrun, Andoom and Gove mines safely and efficiently.
In 2019, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) granted its Performance Standard and Chain of Custody certifications to our Amrun and Weipa bauxite mines. ASI certification means customers can be assured that the aluminium they purchase has been produced to the highest environmental, social and governance standards, ranging from greenhouse gas emissions to human rights.
Decarbonisation continues to be major focus area for our aluminium assets – particularly refineries and smelters – but we’re also tackling it in Weipa, completing our second 4MW solar farm and 4MW battery storage facility in late 2022.
This second solar farm is expected to produce an average of 10,750MW hours of electricity and save almost 3 million litres of diesel annually.
When combined with the upgrades to the existing power generation network, the hybrid solar-battery-diesel system will reduce our carbon emissions by approximately 7,500 tonnes per annum – equivalent to taking over 1600 cars off the road each year.
Built along the existing West Weipa Tailings storage facility boundary fence, the new solar farm will help provide a stable power network for our Weipa operations, bauxite mines and the Weipa township.
We had a meeting about keeping high touch areas cleaner, and later that day it just came to me: there are about 20 doors around here that we need to keep closed to stop the dust from moving through – but closing all those doors means a lot of contact.
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I thought: I bet I can find a way to open them without touching the handles. So I came up with the idea for this step – a bracket with an upturned lip for traction, and red and silver tape so you can’t miss it. And now we can open doors with our feet!
I guess we’re calling it the “Spencer Step,” which is nice. I’ll be honest, I usually come up with the idea for something, make it first and think about the planning later! I’m coming up with a plan so we can share it with our colleagues all over the world, so they can make their own. Here at Weipa, and I know other places around the world too, if we were to get sick and not be able to work it would have a big impact on our community. And you know, if there's anything I can do to stop that, I feel good about. Because it helps our community – and it means I am doing my part.
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has approved a new solar farm and battery storage at Weipa in Queensland, in a move that will more than triple the local electricity network’s solar generation capacity and help provide cleaner power to Rio Tinto’s operations. Under the plans, EDL has been contracted to build, own and operate a 4MW solar plant and 4MW/4MWh of battery storage a
MELBOURNE, Australia--Rio Tinto is honoured to have this week commemorated 20 years of its Western Cape Communities Co-Existence Agreement (WCCCA) with Traditional Owners at the official opening of the new Western Cape Communities Trust building in Weipa, Queensland.
Rio Tinto’s newly operational $2.6 billion Amrun bauxite mine has won the ‘Best Company Indigenous Procurement Initiative Award’ at the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Indigenous Awards, held in Brisbane last night and organised to coincide with National Reconciliation Week.
We are a major contributor to the regional economy on the Western Cape, including significant investment in local infrastructure to support the Weipa Township.
For requests or enquiries about survey data and methodology collected by the Amrun Project in accordance with Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Approval EPBC 2010/5642, email: amrun.enquiries@riotinto.com.
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