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Queensland Alumina like you’ve never seen it before

Queensland Alumina Limited was the biggest engineering feat of its time ever in the sunshine state.

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11th Dec. 2020 3:12 PM

A site map of Queensland Alumina Limited explaining the features of the alumina refinery, which was once the world's biggest. Picture: Rio Tinto.

QAL like you’ve never seen it before

Queensland Alumina Limited was built in the mid 1960s with a peak workforce of 2800 to become the biggest alumina refinery...

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10th Dec. 2020 5:12 PM

Uni students getting real experience at Rio Tinto Yarwun

“A diverse workforce creates a stronger business, because we benefit from a wider range of life experiences and skills.”

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10th Dec. 2020 1:12 PM

Inquiry slams Rio Tinto’s slow contrition

Rio Tinto’s belated admissions and half-hearted apologies over the Juukan Gorge debacle have been condemned by a...

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09th Dec. 2020 7:12 PM

Rio Tinto’s belated admissions and half-hearted apologies over the Juukan Gorge debacle have been condemned by a parliamentary committee.

NO COAL DUST: $3.5m QAL silo increases capacity

“The completion of the Coal Silo 2 project is an important milestone for us,” - QAL GM Pine Pienaar.

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07th Nov. 2020 12:11 AM

QAL Gladstone General Manager Pine Pienaar.

Barge carrying 350 tonne of excavation equipment bound for Gove

Barge carrying 350 tons of McCosker’s earthmoving equipment bound for Gove.

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07th Oct. 2020 4:10 PM

The Sea Swift barge the Biquele Bay departing Gladstone carrying $8.5 million of earthmoving equipment weighing 350 tonne to a McCosker Contracting job at Gove for Rio Tinto. Picture: Rodney Stevens

What’s being done in Rio Tinto’s $75m Gladstone shutdowns

“Up to an extra 500 specialised contractors working at the sites in recent months,” Rio Tinto.

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27th Sept. 2020 11:09 AM

Rio Tinto Yarwun General Manager Mark Gilmore.

Rio CEO steps down over cave destruction

The head of mining giant Rio Tinto will leave the company after the company destroyed a 46,000-year-old cave sacred to the...

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11th Sept. 2020 10:09 AM

The head of mining giant Rio Tinto will leave the company after the company destroyed a 46,000-year-old cave sacred to the indigenous people.

Juukan Gorge destruction inquiry delay ‘distressing’

Traditional owners say the delayed inquiry visit to the Juukan Gorge site, which was blasted by Rio Tinto, only further...

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10th Sept. 2020 7:09 PM

Traditional owners say the delayed inquiry visit to the Juukan Gorge site, which was blasted by Rio Tinto, only further deepens their “hurt and anguish”.

Eight Gladstone entrepreneurs in Innov8te program

It is designed to accelerate good innovations from concept to commercialisation.

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04th Sept. 2020 1:09 PM

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