Archives: Steel and iron ore

Kumba Iron Ore has announced the award of an industry first ZAR1.6 billion ($100.8 million) mining contract to a new black-owned and community-based joint venture to mine iron ore at its Kolomela mine in the Northern Cape. The joint venture represents another major advance towards Kumba’s goal of developing sustainable communities and businesses that help[…]

Ahead of the Future Minerals Summit set to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 11-13 January, 2022, IM Editorial Director Paul Moore had the opportunity to talk with the Vice-Minister of Mining Affairs for the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Khalid Al-Mudaifer, who also happens to[…]

GenusPlus Group Ltd says it has secured Construction of Civils and Lines contracts with a value of circa-A$30 million ($21.5 million) with Pilbara Energy Company Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. The contracts relate to the construction of a 98 km, 220 kV single circuit overhead transmission line for the[…]

Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has finalised plans to open a nearly 40,000 square-foot facility to support its customers in Western Canada with local parts storage, a workshop for components, and customer service support. The brand new facility in its Canadian network is located in the Campbell Heights business park area of Surrey, British Columbia.[…]

One of a handful of companies offering a full range of battery electric underground mining machinery, as well as its well established core underground mining monorails business, SMT Scharf AG has been informed today by its core shareholders, Shareholder Value Beteiligungen AG and Share Value Stiftung, as well as Shareholder Value Management AG, that they[…]

The University of Melbourne has entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (HPPL) to develop Carbelec™, a technology that uses electrolysis at low temperature to convert carbon dioxide into reusable carbon and oxygen. Carbelec is a potential game changer for industries such as steelmaking as it would enable the constant capture[…]

Fortescue Metals Group’s Chichester Hub operations are now being powered by solar energy following the completion of the 60 MW Alinta Energy Chichester Solar Gas Hybrid Project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, the miner confirmed. Completion of the project with Alinta Energy marks a major milestone in the delivery of Fortescue’s decarbonisation strategy, as the[…]

Haver & Boecker Niagara has engineered a new, elliptical motion Niagara XL-Class vibrating screen for a Brazilian iron ore producer that, it says, is ideal for applications challenged with high moisture content. The new technology can handle capacities up to 3,500 t/h while minimising water usage, with the XL-Class running in an elliptical motion of[…]

LKAB has become the first iron ore miner in the world to implement the continuous XRF scanner Minalyzer CS, starting the process of automating and digitalising its drill core logging workflow. By collecting data in an automated system, LKAB is aiming to improve the consistency and efficiency of its core logging process, Minalyze said. LKAB[…]

MACA Ltd says it has been awarded a mining services contract with Roy Hill Iron Ore Pty Ltd at the Roy Hill iron ore operation in the Pilbara of Western Australia. The project consists of open-pit mining services, including load and haul and drill and blast, and is expected to generate approximately A$70 million ($50[…]