Mining giant Rio Tinto has started shipment of scrap steel equivalent to three Sydney Harbour Bridges or 21 Eiffel Towers for recycling at its Gove alumina refinery in Australia's Northern Territory. It was the largest-ever demolition project in the country.

The first shipment contained around 15,000 tons of scrap. It recently left the Gove wharf for Asia and would be converted into new steel wire, bar, and beam products. There would be a total of 142,000 tons of steel in 10 shipments to be exported to Asia from the Gove alumina refinery, and roughly 300,000 tons of concrete would also be recycled for local road construction and other projects.

This demolition project is carried out by Liberty Industrial. The refinery demolition and remediation project were planned to be completed in 2027.