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 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 ...

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, ...

MACKAY business Orionstone has been awarded a contract to supply mining machinery to Rio Tinto Alcan’s Weipa bauxite operation. In a first for the region, the rental machinery will be shipped north, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The main flights affected were the midday services on Thursday, September 25, QF2478 Cairns to Weipa and QF2479 Weipa to Cairns. Additionally the mechanical issue proved more complicated than first ...

Weipa’s maternity unit has delivered its 50th baby since reopening two years ago, with parents celebrating they no longer need to spend weeks away from home in Cairns.