Archives: Steel and iron ore

Wabtec Corporation and Rio Tinto have announced an order for four FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives to support sustainable operations of the mining company’s rail network in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The 100% battery-powered locomotive will help Rio Tinto’s effort to achieve a 50% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 2030. “Our[…]

Fortescue says it is continuing to progress the decarbonisation of its locomotive fleet with the purchase of two new battery-electric locomotives from Progress Rail to transport its iron ore to port in Western Australia. The new eight-axle locomotives will have an energy capacity of 14.5 MWh and will be manufactured at the Progress Rail facility[…]

On December 27, leading Chinese autonomous mining truck technology solutions provider TAGE Idriver and telecomms giant China Mobile signed a strategic cooperation agreement, wherein the two sides will adhere to the principles of “equality and mutual benefit, complementary advantages, resource sharing and win-win cooperation,” in the areas of market development, products and solutions, DICT integrated[…]

Anglo American PLC says it notes the announcement by Vale SA on 28 December and confirms that Anglo American and Vale have had preliminary discussions about the potential to jointly develop Vale’s Serpentina iron ore resource that is next to Anglo American’s integrated Minas-Rio iron ore operation in Brazil. It adds: “These discussions are preliminary[…]

Severstal iron ore mining division Karelsky Okatysh said on December 27, 2021 that it is well advanced in implementing the largest project in the history of the operation – it is applying cyclical-flow technology in the mining complex – specifically an in-pit crushing and conveying (IPCC) system referred to as the CPT for which the[…]

Chinese-owned Peruvian iron ore mining company Shougang Hierro Peru SAS recently awarded Italy’s Bedeschi a contract for the supply of a new stacker and stockyard conveyor. The Bedeschi equipment forms part of a new expansion project at Shougang Hierro and will be installed in the San Nicolas beneficiation area, where the iron ore is processed[…]

NRW has followed up on a letter of intent with Karara Mining Limited for mining services works at the Karara Iron Ore mine in Western Australia, sealing a formal contract with the company. The contract value is circa A$702 million ($502 million) over a five-year duration, with the project workforce averaging an estimated 250 personnel.[…]

Rio Tinto has called for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from Western Australia-based manufacturers to build 100 rail cars for its Pilbara iron ore mining operations. The EOI callout follows its announcement in September it would look for opportunities for Western Australian suppliers to help grow the local rail car manufacturing industry and support local jobs.[…]

Metso Outotec says it has been awarded a contract to supply key grinding equipment for ArcelorMittal’s Las Truchas 2.3 Mt/y iron ore processing plant revamp project in Mexico. The value of the order is approximately €17 million ($19 million), to be booked in the Minerals division’s Q4 (December quarter), 2021 orders received. The order includes[…]

Southern Innovation, a developer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art real-time materials analysis equipment for the global mining industry, says it has taken a strategic step forward in sales and marketing with the appointment of Steve Russell as Head of Sales and Business Development. Russell, currently Director of Mining at Scott Automation & Robotics, joins the Southern[…]