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Poppy Johnston

Green iron to go ahead under future industries push

The government is offering tax incentives for iron produced using renewable hydrogen. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

A factory for making green iron in central Queensland will push ahead, helped along by federal government tax incentives for renewable hydrogen.

Iron ore will be mined about 70 kilometres west of Gladstone and then transported to the new facility, where it will be converted to green iron using renewable hydrogen made in a neighbouring plant.

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