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Last year, RTA s Weipa bauxite mine had a yield of 35 million tonnes, while 12.3 million tonnes came from Gove. Rio Tinto s 2020 fourth quarter production report details the activities of Gladstone refineries over the year. QAL produced 3.701 million tonnes of alumina in 2020, while Yarwun produced 3.175 million tonnes. Boyne Smelters Limited processed the alumina into 510,000 tonnes of aluminium in 2020. According to these figures, about 28 million tonnes of bauxite is needed to run the refineries at Yarwun and QAL. From this 28 million tonnes of bauxite, about 7 million tonnes of alumina is produced, which BSL could turn into 3.5 million tonnes of aluminium. If current production rates at Weipa and Gove are maintained, it is understood enough bauxite remains to continue refining at Yarwun and QAL for about 25 years.
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Subscriber only Central Queensland is set to lead the way Australians use energy in the future with the $4.2 million Hydrogen Park Gladstone project. Expanding on a South Australian pilot program, Hydrogen Park Gladstone will double the renewable hydrogen concentration to 10 per cent. The project is driven by the Federal Government s National Hydrogen Strategy. The Australian Gas Infrastructure Group s Gladstone compound situated on Derby Street will connect to a new underground hydrogen pipeline. The pipeline will deliver up to 10 per cent blended renewable hydrogen to a closed micro-grid of more than 770 customers on the existing gas network - an Australian first.
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The last thing a local man expected to happen when he presented to Gladstone Hospital was to step on an uncapped syringe.
But, unfortunately, he says that was the reality when he presented to the hospital in January as he couldnât get in to see his GP that day.
The man said after initially being seen by an Emergency Department nurse, he was later taken to a bed in the department for further tests.
This was where things started going âpear shapedâ, the man said.
âAs I was on diuretics a nurse had difficulty getting blood from me for testing,â the man, who declined to be named, said.