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Booming bauxite

When <i>Australia’s Mining Monthly</i> put together a list of Australia’s 50 richest mines in 2006, the top four were all bauxite operations. Heat is returning to that sector.

Noel Dyson

Back then Weipa, Huntly-Pinjarra, Willowdale-Wagerup and Boddington-Worsley were the hottest mines going around. That sort of thing got Rio Tinto quite excited and it was off and racing to snap up Alcan....

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