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November 02, 2019

Aluminium and Fire

Cladding fires of recent times indicate that wrong assumptions about risk may have been made. Cladding fires of recent times…

October 30, 2019

BSL’s EBITS Centre

The EQIP Business, Industry and Tourism Skills Centre (EBITS) Centre is a partnership between Education Queensland and Boyne Smelters Limited,…

October 28, 2019

Brisbane Bauxite Integrated Operations Centre (BIOC)

In August 2019, the switch was flicked on Rio Tinto’s Brisbane-based Bauxite Integrated Operations Centre (BIOC), transforming how the Aluminium…

October 03, 2019

The battle against the Yellow Crazy Ant

The ABC Radio Country Hour programme visited Gove in September 2019 to chat to Rehabilitation Specialist Faye Lawton on the…

September 28, 2019

Red mud dam research (UQ partnership)

Our Australian alumina refineries are part of a potentially game-changing research partnership looking at technologies that could turn bauxite residue,…

September 28, 2019

Rio Tinto and UGL Limited Partner $12,400 to Project We Care

In July 2019, Rio Tinto and UGL Limited donated $12,400 towards mental health and suicide prevention in the Gladstone region,…

September 01, 2019

Yarwun maintenance technician takes out top spot

Congratulations to Yarwun maintenance technician Richard O’Brien, who was awarded the ‘Harry Hauenschild Apprentice of the Year’ (Central Queensland) at…