Rio Tinto to implement solar power at QLD mine site

Rio Tinto has enlisted a US company to build a $23 million solar plant for its Weipa bauxite mine.

In what is being called a world first in the mining industry, a 6.7 megawatt power station will be built in two stages, with Rio to buy the electricity generated.

Read more at:  http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/rio-tinto-to-implement-solar-power-at-qld-mine-sit

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