Rio Tinto Plc RIO recently announced that it has partnered with leading global energy producer, EDL. Per the deal, EDL will expand an existing solar installation at Rio Tinto’s Weipa mine in ...
The Weipa Port union dispute 20 years ago was a landmark moment for Australian workers and led to real changes. But while the battles over industrial rights have been run and won, they never end, ...
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 ...
The Bureau of Meteorology reported the system made landfall at 3.30pm and weather stations on the ground recorded sustained winds at the centre of 75km/h, with wind gusts of up to 100km/h. Bureau ...
The skies above Weipa and Napranum will be buzzing with the sound of Australian and US military aircraft and helicopters during Operation Talisman Sabre. The towns will play a key role in the 10th and ...
A $2.6 BILLION Queensland mine is one of 100 projects other than Adani which is under a cloud because the Senate could not pass native title changes. But it could have been put at serious risk if the ...
The Weipa Town Authority on Cape York is testing its water supply for the E.coli bacteria, which was detected in its reservoir on Wednesday night. Results on the first round of follow-up tests are due ...
Two cats have drowned after a vehicle became trapped in floodwaters at Lakeland in Far North Queensland, while the driver and passenger escaped unharmed.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The Weipa area was the first stretch of the Australian coastline ever explored by Europeans. The Dutch explorer Willem Jansz, sailing the ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Last Friday, the best price for a one way ticket from Cairns to Bali was $222. The best price from Cairns to Weipa, on western Cape York ...
In a chance discovery, a team of biologists were returning from a sea snake research mission when they found a new venomous species for Australia. The team, led The University of Queensland’s ...