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Rio Tinto puts $215M into WA biomass iron processing plant

BioIron uses raw biomass and microwave energy instead of coal

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Rio Tinto's Dampier operations. Photo: Karma Barndon

Rio Tinto's Dampier operations. Photo: Karma Barndon | Credits: Karma Barndon

Rio Tinto is building a $215 million research and development facility in Rockingham, south of Perth, Western Australia to further test its low-carbon ironmaking process, Bioiron. Bioiron uses raw biomass...

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