Archives: Steel and iron ore

Sany do Brasil, since 2021, has been investing in the mining market with wide body trucks in the form of the 60 t SKT90S off-road truck and the Sany SKT90E electric off-road truck. As a result of these investments, Sany do Brasil was able to formalise, in May 2022, the sale of 23 SANY SKT90S[…]

NRW Holdings has added more work to its roster with confirmation of projects from the Olive Downs coking coal project in Queensland and the Mt Webber iron ore mine in Western Australia. Golding Contractors, a subsidiary of NRW, has secured the rail civil construction contract for the Pembroke-owned Olive Downs project. The civil works to[…]

EQ Resources Limited says it has executed an Early Engagement Contract with Golding Contractors Pty Ltd for the restart of the open-pit mining operations at the Mt Carbine Tungsten Mine, in Queensland, Australia. EQR said it selected Golding, a subsidiary of NRW Holdings, as its preferred partner after working through a high-quality engagement and approval[…]

NRW Holdings Limited companies Golding Contractors and DIAB Engineering have banked some significant contracts in the mining space, the biggest of which is a Mining Service Agreement with Wonbindi Coal Pty Ltd at the Baralaba North Mine in Queensland. The Baralaba North award is valued at around A$800 million ($546 million) and continues the strong[…]

Sedgman says it has acquired project management and engineering company Onyx Projects, enhancing its growing Western Australia presence and offering to clients. Onyx’s long-standing reputation, specialist technical capabilities and experience in the iron ore industry, paired with Sedgman’s minerals processing expertise, project delivery capability and experience, expands Sedgman’s service offering to clients from sustaining capital[…]

Metso Outotec says it has optimised its existing induration technology offering and is launching its Compact-sized Pellet Plant. The plant design is based on a 3-m-wide indurating machine, building on the design of Metso Outotec’s larger product range. It is billed as offering the same high plant performance and premium product quality as the larger[…]

Australia-based Field Solutions Holdings Limited says it has been selected as exclusive preferred supplier for enterprise Managed Desktop, Network and general IT services for Kestrel Coal on a five-year contract term. Coming with revenue of circa-A$25 million ($17 million), the contract extends Field Solutions’ existing connectivity provision relationship with Kestrel Coal, while leveraging its Regional[…]

Vale says it has achieved a major advance in the adoption of alternative, lower-carbon fuels for shipping, with the company’s design to incorporate multi-fuel tanks on iron ore carriers having received an Approval in Principle (AIP) from the leading classification society, DNV. The independent assessment performed by DNV verifies the technical feasibility of the design[…]

VivoPower International PLC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Tembo E-LV, has secured an order for its electric vehicle (EV) conversion kits from Atlas Iron, an iron ore mining company based in  Western Australia. A subsidiary of Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd, Atlas Iron operates the Mt Webber, Sanjiv Ridge and Miralga mines. Kevin Chin, VivoPower’s Executive Chairman and Chief[…]

Epiroc says it has won a large order for mining equipment from Rio Tinto in Australia that will see it deliver several Epiroc Pit Viper 271 drill rigs to be retrofitted by Rio Tinto with autonomous capabilities. On top of the Pit Viper 271s, Epiroc is set to provide SmartROC D65 drill rigs loaded with[…]