- Rio Tinto said record rainfall in Gladstone forced a “controlled, temporary stoppage” of its Yarwun alumina refinery.
- Production has also been reduced at the Queensland Alumina Ltd refinery in Gladstone.
- Rio’s bauxite mining operations at Weipa were impacted by the cyclone when it first formed, but are now operating as normal, a spokesman said.
- construction work on the $60 billion of liquefied natural gas export projects being built was brought to a standstill over the weekend after Gladstone harbour was closed on Friday…full services to be restarted over the next few days
There are more effects, but so far they are limited.
Queensland floods hit alumina, gas coal (Gated – a news search on the headline may turn up something)
