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 ...

WEIPA, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto has approved a new 12.4MW solar farm and 8.8MVa/2.1MWh of battery storage to provide renewable energy for the Amrun bauxite operations near Weipa in ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Cairns. Followed categories will be added to My News. However, arrangements for the workers could evolve, the mining company says, with a “review of all FIFO work ...

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 ...

The unit responsible for helping broken down boaties and rescuing lost seamen officially transitioned to MRQ this week, giving the volunteer outfit access to more training and resources now operating ...

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 ...

A jet from interstate has been sent to help a major air and sea search for a man who went overboard off Queensland's western cape early on Wednesday. The Australian Maritime Safety Bureau said a ...

Police say a teacher stopped a fight involving a 12-year-old schoolgirl armed with a knife in Weipa in far norh Queensland yesterday. A fight started yesterday at the Western Cape College over ...