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Rio Tinto Group., the world’s second-biggest miner, will develop seed farms in Australia under efforts to test the potential of biofuels to curb diesel consumption.

The company intends to acquire about 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of land near Townsville, in northern Queensland, and to examine the possible use of Pongamia seed oil as a feedstock to develop substitute fuels.