Archives: Steel and iron ore

Aveng has announced that its South African based contract mining subsidiary, Moolmans, has entered into a new five-year contract with its long-standing client Tshipi é Ntle. The new contract is valued at approximately ZAR7 billion (over $400 million). This contract award will result in significant investment in equipment, people, processes and systems and Aveng says[…]

Atlas Iron says it has awarded the major haulage, mine load and haul as well as drill and blast contracts for its McPhee project in Western Australia, bringing the iron ore project one step closer to construction and commissioning. With these contracts, the total number of major contracts awarded for the project is over 50%,[…]

Steering digital transformation with technological intervention in mining operation, India’s Tata Steel Mining Ltd (TSML) has launched its ‘e-Log’ app – which it describes as a complete solution to all kinds of logistical needs in mining operations. The single integrated logistics platform will digitise processes and give real time data with actionable insights plus capture[…]

Anglo American says its newly launched LNG dual-fuelled Capesize+ vessel, the Ubuntu Harmony, has loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba iron ore operations in South Africa. The vessel is the first of 10 LNG dual-fuelled new-build ships that Anglo American will introduce to its chartered fleet during the course of 2023[…]

The scale of the second edition of the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh in January 2023 showed that there is huge potential for mining in Saudi Arabia – and therefore it represents a major growth market for the big mining equipment and technology OEMs. IM Editorial Director Paul Moore recently met up with Mansoor Eskandanian,[…]

Global mineral processing solutions company Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions is this year to integrate its two recent South African acquisitions into the Sandvik company structure – with the aim of becoming the preferred crushing and screening supplier to the mining industry in Africa. Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions South Africa will be formed from Kwatani, acquired[…]

The first battery electric Scania truck has arrived at Rio Tinto’s Paraburdoo operation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. For the next three months, the mining company will be putting the Scania truck through its paces, testing its operation, maintenance, performance, and safety features before handing it over to the onsite team. James Davison,[…]

FLSmidth’s Capital Markets Day on January 18, 2023 marked the culmination of a major portfolio review that really ramped up on the completion of its acquisition of thyssenkrupp’s mining business on September 1, 2022. But the overall change at FLSmidth also runs much deeper – Group CEO Mikko Keto also said during the CMD event[…]

BHP WA Iron Ore has celebrated 10 years of its remote operations centre in Perth. The Integrated Remote Operations Centre (IROC) began operating from BHP’s St Georges Terrace office at the end of 2012. The IROC is responsible for operating most of BHP’s WA iron ore logistics and processes, connecting the four processing hubs and[…]

A new ore transport system supplied by RBL-REI to the manganese mining company Comilog in Gabon, part of French global mining and metallurgy group Eramet, includes a package of belt conveyors at the Moanda mine site, the longest of which is an overland conveyor of over 6.5 km. About 5 Mt/y of ore is produced[…]