Archives: Steel and iron ore

Vale says it has now started up the Sol do Cerrado solar farm in the municipality of Jaíba, in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. The project is one of the biggest solar energy facilities in Latin America, with installed capacity of 766 MW-peak, equivalent to the power consumed by a city of 800,000 inhabitants. Once the[…]

One of the oldest iron ore mining operations in Brazil, Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN)-owned Casa de Pedra holds more than 6 billion tons of resources and 3 billion tons in reserves. The operation mines four orebodies with the iron ore sent for processing in the Central Plant (wet route) or the Mobile Plants (dry route),[…]

Anglo American says it has sourced the supply of 100% renewable electricity for its operations in Australia from 2025, agreeing terms for a 10-year partnership with Stanwell Corporation, the Queensland Government-owned provider of electricity and energy solutions. The deal will effectively remove all Scope 2 emissions from Anglo American’s steelmaking coal business in Australia from[…]

BHP has partnered with Curtin University and Greening Australia to trial vegetation barriers to capture dust and improve air quality in the West End of Port Hedland as part of the BHP Pilbara Air Quality Program. Phase one, which involved around 80,000 seedlings planted, was recently completed with an additional 80,000 seedlings scheduled for phase[…]

Hawsons Iron Ltd says it has signed a legally binding agreement with Flinders Ports Pty Ltd to co-operate on the potential development and operation of a greenfield port at Myponie Point Port on South Australia’s eastern Spencer Gulf. The scope of the agreement, formalising the terms of an earlier non-binding Memorandum of Understanding, has been[…]

Monadelphous has secured new contracts and contract extensions in the resources and energy sectors totalling approximately A$150 million ($96 million), including work with Fortescue Metals Group and BHP. The company has been engaged to provide construction services at the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project, an unincorporated joint venture between Fortescue subsidiary FMG Iron Bridge and Formosa[…]

Thiess says its mining services contract with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) for the Caval Ridge operations in Queensland, Australia, has been extended for potentially another five years. The contract, which starts on December 1, 2022, for a potential term of up to five years, has revenue to Thiess valued up to A$600 million ($389 million),[…]

The Macheng iron ore mine in Hebei Province in northern China, part of huge iron ore and steel company Shougang Group, through operating company Luannan Macheng Mining, is one of China’s largest new underground mines in development, and is adopting advanced and mature mining and processing production technology to build a leading advanced underground mine.[…]

Vale recently announced that it has signed three agreements with local authorities and clients to jointly study the feasibility of developing industrial complexes (Mega Hubs) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman to produce low carbon footprint products for the steelmaking industry. It includes a Memorandum of[…]

Fortescue Metals Group has reached a new milestone on its majority-owned Iron Bridge Magnetite project in the Pilbara of Western Australia, with first ore fed into the processing plant. With first production anticipated in the March 2023 quarter, Iron Bridge will see the world’s fourth largest iron ore miner deliver an enhanced product range and[…]