Archives: Steel and iron ore

Metso Outotec says it has been awarded a contract to deliver sustainable grinding technology to an iron ore project producing premium pellet feed in South America. The total value of the order exceeds €10 million ($10.2 million), the company says. The OEM’s scope of delivery consists of the engineering, manufacturing and supply of four Vertimill®[…]

Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), Shell and Itochu Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation on decarbonisation. Within the scope of this MoU, teams have been formed. They will proceed with investigations of potential projects, partnerships, and carbon reduction initiatives, in addition to defining areas of possible strategic long-term business collaboration to contribute[…]

The government of the Republic of Guinea, Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) and Rio Tinto Simfer have incorporated the La Compagnie du TransGuinéen (The TransGuinean Company) to further progress plans to co-develop the multi-purpose and multi-user infrastructure for the Simandou iron ore project, in the country. The joint venture incorporation is a significant milestone in implementation[…]

Global drones-as-a-service provider, Delta Drone International Limited, says it has signed a contract with Assmang Proprietary Limited for drone surveying services at its Khumani iron ore mine in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The contract, which is through Delta Drone subsidiary Rocketmine Pty Ltd, is for a three-year renewal and has a Total[…]

Thiess looks like gaining further market share in the key hard-rock mining market of Western Australia after having a bid accepted for fellow mining contractor MACA. The all-cash offer to acquire 100% of the shares of the company at A$1.0251/share represents a 42.2% premium to the MACA one month volume weighted average price as of[…]

Honeywell has opened a new assembly facility in Almaty for advanced automation and security equipment for complex industrial plants in the mining, oil refining, petrochemical, energy and other sectors in Kazakhstan. The new facility, as part of Honeywell’s strategy to expand localisation in Kazakhstan, will produce Integrated Control and Safety Systems (ICSS) that integrate distributed[…]

Boston Metal is looking to decarbonise the steel-making sector at the same time as helping iron ore producers with their Scope 3 emissions dilemma. The concept of ‘green steel’ has been widely discussed over the last few years, with LKAB, SSAB and Vattenfall’s HYBRIT project being the most cited case study, thanks to both its[…]

MACA Limited has announced three new civil contract awards with a total value of approximately A$115 million ($79.5 million), two of which are for mining companies in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The contractor has been awarded an early works contract on Rio Tinto’s Western Range Project, 8 km west of Paraburdoo in the[…]

Epiroc has won a large order for surface mining equipment from Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière, in Mauritania. Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière, known as SNIM, is one of Africa’s largest iron ore producers. The mining company has ordered a package of Epiroc Pit Viper 351 drill rigs with advanced automation solutions that will be[…]

Metalloinvest, the leading global producer and supplier of iron ore products and hot briquetted iron and a regional producer of high-quality steel, has begun using advanced in-pit crushing and conveying technology at the Lebedinsky GOK iron ore mine in western Russia’s Belgorod Oblast – it is located in the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly as is the[…]