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Miners could help build Australian biofuels industry

Rio Tinto dabbling in the field that could bring big ecological benefits

Miners may need to step up to develop their own renewable diesel industry.

Miners may need to step up to develop their own renewable diesel industry. | Credits: Noel Dyson

Miners could play a major role in developing Australia's biofuels industry by developing renewable diesel themselves. Rio Tinto has already taken a tentative step down that path. Last year it bought...

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