Archives: Steel and iron ore

Monadelphous Group Limited says it has secured new contracts and contract extensions in the resources sector totalling approximately A$110 million ($80.1 million). The company has secured a 12-month extension to its existing contract with BHP Iron Ore for the provision of general maintenance services for shutdowns, outages and minor capital works at the Mt Whaleback,[…]

Metso Outotec has signed an agreement for the delivery of key equipment for the expansion of an existing production line at the Ferrexpo Poltava Mining iron ore grate-kiln pellet plant, in Ukraine. The value of the equipment is €18 million ($20 million), and it has been booked in the company’s Metals Q4/2021 orders received, the[…]

Leading Swedish mining companies LKAB and Boliden have signed an agreement to begin working together to investigate the possibility of extracting pyrite concentrate from mining waste at the Boliden Aitik mine, which LKAB will subsequently process into fossil-free sulphuric acid. The sulphuric acid will then be used in processes for extracting rare earth elements and[…]

One of the largest mining concerns in the world has ordered a SCHADE Stacker to operate in a mine in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. AUMUND Ltda (São Paulo) and SCHADE Lagertechnik GmbH (Germany) cooperated closely to realise this project successfully. Raw material from the mine is processed in the iron ore production[…]

In the winter of 2021, Volvo Trucks, ABB and Vattenfall, in collaboration with the mining company Kaunis Iron and Wist Last & Buss, conducted a trial to test the limits of what is possible in terms of replacing the normal diesel-driven transport of finely ground iron ore concentrate from the iron ore mine in Kaunisvaara[…]

SRG Global Ltd says it has secured seven term contracts valued at around A$110 million ($81 million), including agreements with Rio Tinto and Roy Hill. Included within this is a three-year contract, with the option for a one-year extension with Roy Hill to provide shutdown maintenance services at its iron ore operations in the Pilbara[…]

Clough has announced the completion of the Ore Handling Plant for BHP’s $3.6 billion South Flank project. Clough was awarded the contract in February 2019 for the construction of the Ore Handling Plant (OHP) at South Flank in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The project team constructed new infrastructure within the Ore Handling Plant,[…]

Vale says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Ltd in which both companies agreed to pursue opportunities to develop steelmaking solutions focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The MoU comprises the discussion to produce biochar and use it in blast furnaces in order to consume a carbon-neutral material[…]

Veris Australia, a provider of spatial data services, has been selected to provide surveying, pipeline design, data and GIS support services for a concentrate and return water pipeline associated with the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project in Western Australia. The works, to be executed under subcontract with MPC Kinetic, are expected to generate A$2 million ($1.5[…]

Russian steel and iron ore major Metalloinvest participated at the Uzbekistan International Mining Forum (UIMF 2021) held 3-4 November in Tashkent. During the ‘Digital Mining: Mining Industry Modernisation – Digital Development’ session, the company’s experts shared their experience in implementing advanced technologies at Metalloinvest’s enterprises. Rinat Ismagilov, Director of the Mining Production Department, noted that[…]