Weipa bauxite mine

Queensland, Australia

The Weipa bauxite mine is a bauxite mine at Weipa on the western Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia. A geologist named Harry Evans discovered the vast bauxite resource in 1955. Operations commenced in 1963. The mine is owned by Rio Tinto. Power to the mine is supplied via a 6.7MW solar photovoltaic solar farm on site. The ore is transported to the port via a 19 kilometre Standard Gauge railway. The majority of the mined bauxite is sent to the Queensland Alumina Limited and Rio Tinto Aluminum Yarwun refineries, both located in Gladstone.

Wikipedia ↗

Mine data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other mines in Australia

Agnew Gold Mine SWIS Region, Australia Albert Goldfield New South Wales, Australia Alexandra Mine and Battery Queensland, Australia Alpha Coal Project Queensland, Australia Anglo Saxon Mine Queensland, Australia Anvil Hill Coal Mine New South Wales, Australia Area C mine Western Australia, Australia Argyle diamond mine Western Australia, Australia