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Engineering company Monadelphous Group Limited says it has secured new contracts and contract extensions totalling approximately A$120 million ($83 million), banking work with Rio Tinto, BHP and South32, among others. The company has secured two contracts with Rio Tinto under its Sustaining Capital Projects Panel Agreement to undertake upgrades to the conveyor gravity take-up systems[…]

Greenland Resources says it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for supply of metallurgical process equipment, technology, services and technical solutions for the Malmbjerg molybdenum project with FLSmidth. The Malmbjerg molybdenum project is an open-pit operation with an environmentally friendly mine design focused on reduced water usage, low aquatic disturbance and low footprint due[…]

Vale, one of the world’s biggest iron ore producers, has approved the SpectraFlow Crossbelt Analyzer for online measurement of iron ore material at its ports and mines, the technology provider says. After a rigorous trial that tested the stability of the hardware and measurement accuracy of the analyser, SpectraFlow Analytics is now the chosen provider[…]

Komatsu Ltd has started commercial operation of large-scale ICT dozers for mining, the D375Ai-8 teleoperation model, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Komatsu Brazil International Ltd, in partnership with Anglo American, as of May 2023. Komatsu and Anglo American have been working together since June 2020 to establish new solutions that help create a safer operating[…]

Austin Engineering says it has received purchase orders for four haul truck trays from a major iron ore producer in India, potentially opening up a substantial new market opportunity for its Asia Pacific business. Austin has not sold truck trays into India before. The truck trays in this order will be used in iron ore[…]

Rio Tinto says it will partner with Gemco Rail to bring local iron ore rail car manufacturing and bearing maintenance to the Pilbara region in an industry-first. This partnership will enable Gemco Rail to expand its existing operations to establish the first ever rail ore car manufacturing and maintenance facility in the Pilbara, creating new jobs,[…]

Capital has announced the award of a new mining services contract with Ivindo Iron SA, majority-owned by Fortescue, at its namesake project in Gabon. The earthmoving and crushing services contract has been announced at the same time as the company has extended its revolving credit facility. Ivindo is in the northeast of Gabon and is[…]

Fortescue has signed what it says is a major agreement with the Nyamal traditional custodians to provide mining equipment for the company’s Iron Bridge magnetite project, in Western Australia. The A$18 million ($12.1 million) agreement, which builds on the A$331 million in contracts already awarded to Nyamal businesses since 2019, will see Nyamal Holdings initially[…]

BHP, on World Environment Day, has announced new asset-level context-based water targets (CBWT) that aim to ensure local water resources are conserved and resilient. Unlike efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which can be tracked globally by measuring tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent released into the atmosphere, there is no single agreed metric to measure water[…]

On June 6, Xuzhou-headquartered Chinese mining and construction equipment major XCMG held a special event celebrating its largest open-pit mining equipment that it refers to as its ‘three arrows’ – and displayed its new XES35 35 m3 electric rope shovel that only recently came off the production line. It joins its other largest class machines[…]