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Bauxite a bonus for Rio Tinto

HIGHER bauxite production has helped global miner Rio Tinto finish the year with good momentum, thanks to the successful ramp-up of the Amrun mine on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland.

First bauxite ore shipped from Amrun

First bauxite ore shipped from Amrun

Total bauxite production in 2019 was 55.1 million tonnes, up 9% on the previous year. In Australia, the ramped-up Amrun mine in Weipa produced 35.41Mt while Gove operations in the Northern Territory...

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