Archives: Steel and iron ore

Fortescue Metals Group has started testing a battery-electric truck at its operations in the Pilbara of Western Australia as part of its latest decarbonisation efforts. Having floated the idea of a battery-electric haul truck some three years ago – and started a physical build process 12 months ago – the company is now testing a[…]

The Weir Group has issued its half-year results to June 30, 2023, noting some significant achievements across its Minerals and ESCO divisions. Headline numbers for the six-month period included a 19% year-on-year jump in revenues to £1.3 billion ($1.67 billion) and a 26% rise in operating profit to £212 million. Weir Minerals continued to execute[…]

Power Mech Projects Ltd (PMPL), one of the leading industrial services and construction companies providing versatile and comprehensive services in India’s power and infrastructure sector, has been awarded a huge Mine Development & Operation (MOO) contract for the Tasra open cast coking coal project located in the Jharia Coal Fields in Ohanbad, Jharkhand state. The[…]

Vale says it has implemented the Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management (GISTM) in 48 of its 50 tailings storage facilities (TSFs), with plans to bring the two remaining TSFs into conformance by August 2025. The GISTM was developed after the tragic failure of a tailings facility at Brumadinho, Brazil, in 2019, through an independent[…]

Hexagon AB has signed a major agreement with diversified mining company Mineral Resources (MinRes) to provide an autonomous haulage solution for a fleet of road trains to run at the Onslow iron ore project in Western Australia, which, the companies say, will transform safety, productivity and sustainability in the region. The world-first, fully autonomous road[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions says it is introducing the Sandvik DR413i, the fourth drill rig in its intelligent rotary blasthole range. Purpose-built for high-altitude hard rock mines, the “Sandvik DR413i represents the natural evolution of Sandvik D90, known across the globe for its consistency and durability.” Described as ideal for iron ore and copper[…]

Fortescue’s first shipment from its newly built, majority-owned Iron Bridge operations, in Western Australia, will soon be on its way to Vietnam marking the first time the company has exported a high-grade magnetite product. It follows first production earlier this year, which saw the plant surpass expectations with a first run grade of greater than[…]

Multotec has recently expanded its operation in Brazil with the opening of a manufacturing facility that, it says, enables the company to bring its manufacturing capabilities closer to its customers in the country, increasing its speed to market and enabling it to better serve the local mining sector. Located in the city of Contagem, in[…]

Vale says it has reached maximum capacity at the Sol do Cerrado solar energy complex in Brazil, one of the largest solar parks in Latin America. The project is set to supply 16% of all the energy consumed by Vale in its operations in Brazil, in line with the company’s strategy of achieving zero CO2[…]

At the Epiroc World Expo 2023 in Orebro, Sweden, attended by IM, Peter Bray, Epiroc Global Product Manager – Rock Reinforcement Equipment presented the latest Boltec E10 S ABR – the latest and most advanced incarnation of its Boltec E10 and M10 models first introduced in 2021, which introduced previously unavailable autonomous functionality to full[…]