News Archive

September 2020
07 Sep 2020
Fortescue Future Industries to investigate Indonesia’s hydro, geothermal power potential
Fortescue Future Industries has signed its second hydropower agreement in a week, with the Fortescue...
05 Sep 2020
Vale opens new operations centre for North Atlantic ops
Vale welcomed a small, socially distanced, team into its North Atlantic hub to commemorate the...
04 Sep 2020
Port Hedland Austmine WA METS Digital Mining Export Hub opens
Western Australia Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston has officially launched the inaugural Austmine WA...
04 Sep 2020
Weir Minerals mobilises team to take on tailings treatment challenge
Water requirements for intensive applications such as hard-rock mining and oil sands processing have historically...
04 Sep 2020
Fortescue Metals granted approval to expand iron ore capacity at Herb Elliott
Fortescue Metals Group says it has received approval from authorities to increase the material handling...
04 Sep 2020
Bis looking at hybrid, electric and automated Rexx haul truck variants, Peate says
Bis is already offering clients a “step change in flexibility and efficiency” with its Rexx...
04 Sep 2020
Retenua’s RefleX machine vision tech set to go underground in EU-backed project
An EU-backed project looking to tap into the full potential of the ‘digital mine’ goes...
04 Sep 2020
Cat cogeneration system helps JSW power Knurów-Szczygłowice coal mine
Caterpillar Inc says Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa SA (JSW), the largest producer of high-quality hard coking...
04 Sep 2020
Vale leverages Contour platform for first iron ore blockchain trade
Vale says it has completed its first sale of iron ore using blockchain technology with...
04 Sep 2020
BHP to cut iron ore freight emissions with world first LNG-fuelled bulk carrier contract
BHP has awarded what it says is the world’s first LNG-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carrier tender,...
03 Sep 2020
Caterpillar confirms closure of historic German mining equipment factories
Further to its statement in March 2020 that it was considering the closure of the...
03 Sep 2020
Doosan’s flagship DA30-5 & DA45-5 ADTs now market ready
Earlier this year at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020, Doosan Infracore North America launched its new DA30-5 and...