Overview
The Kangwinan Project is located in Norman Creek, Cape York Peninsula, approximately 60 km South of Weipa. The Bauxite process plant will be constructed on the Southern side of the Norman Creek and then transported approximately 15 km southeast via overland conveyor to the existing Amrun stockyard.
Proposed project components include:
- Bauxite Beneficiation Plant
- Truck Dump Station
- Tailing Storage Facility
- Deep Artesian Bores
- Process Water Pond
- Crude Ore Overland Conveyor
- Product Stacker
- Stacking Berm
- Extension of the seaward end of the existing Chith export facility
- Wharf Deck
- Ship loading Conveyor
- New Berth & Shiploader Rail Extension
- New Sealed Access Road
- Expansion of Permanent Accommodation
- Process Water Supply Infrastructure
- Pump Station
- HDPE Pipeline
- Non-process infrastructure (warehouse, operations facilities, fixed plant & heavy mining equipment (HME) workshops, fuel bunkering, etc.,
Rio Tinto has appointed Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd as the project Engineering, Procurement and Construction Manager (EPCM). All major agreements will be made directly with Rio Tinto.
DELIVERY SCHEDULE
During 2025, Rio Tinto is undertaking a detailed feasibility study on the Project that will inform a final investment decision by the Rio Tinto board of directors. Board decision is expected to be received in the late 2026. Future procurement decisions are dependent on board's approval. Construction of associated mine infrastructure is anticipated to take 32 months once final board approval is granted.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Rio Tinto encourages local industry interested in supplying to the project to register an expression of interest (EOI) through the ICN Gateway webpage.
Information on specific supply opportunities will be communicated on the ICN Gateway project page as it becomes available, with local industry able to register its interest against them.
Please ensure that:
Your company profile on the ICN Gateway is complete, up-to-date and accurate, including electing to be notified via e-mail of supply opportunities
You register your interest as a full or partial scope supplier (where applicable), and
You respond to all project and work package-specific questions.
It is important that businesses submitting an EOI are aware that their submission does not guarantee that they will progress further in the procurement process. Only companies that can demonstrate capability and capacity in accordance with Rio Tinto's standards will be invited to pre-qualify for specific opportunities.
FURTHER ASSISTANCER
Rio Tinto strongly encourage local industry to contact the ICN Queensland in the first instance to improve their understanding of the EOI process.
