Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore arm has publicly confirmed a force majeure from South African rail and port services company Transnet SOC due to a strike action by its unions. The miner said it was notified on 7 October, and the interruption is expected to impact its production to the tune of about 50,000 tonnes per day for the first…
Read MoreRio Tinto’s Guinea subsidiary has formed an infrastructure joint venture with Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) and the Guinean government to further progress on the undeveloped Simandou iron ore project in Nzérékoré. “The incorporation of La Compagnie du TransGuinéen with our partners underscores the importance of the Simandou resource in today’s decarbonizing world, and its development will complement Rio Tinto’s strong…
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Australian miner Sundance Resources has filed a Memorial of Claim with the International Chamber of Commerce against the Republic of Congo as part of an ongoing iron ore dispute. Sundance is seeking $8.8 billion in damages over the Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project, which spans the border between Congo and Cameroon. The company has yet to begin mining due to legal…
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Metso Outotec has received a 30 million Euro order for the delivery of engineering and key equipment for a large iron ore grate kiln pellet plant for Jindal Steel and Power in India. Read full article on The Asia Miner.
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In an attempt to control fast rising prices and ensure market stability, China has begun creating a centralised platform for all purchases of iron ore, reported Bloomberg. View full article from The Asia Miner.
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Making the next move in its mission to reduce its operational emissions, BHP will take delivery in late 2023 on four electric locomotives it is purchasing for its Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) rail network in the Pilbara region. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
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Contractor engineer NRW has been awarded a five-year, A$702 million mining services contract with Karara Mining for its namesake iron ore mine in the Shire of Perenjori, Western Australia.
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Metso Outotec has been awarded a purchase contract for key equipment at the centre of a plant capacity expansion at the Ferrexpo Poltava Mining iron ore complex in Horishni Plavni, central Ukraine. The order for the grate-kiln pellet plan growth includes equipment for major modifications to the traveling grate, rotary kiln and annular cooler, and it will increase the production…
Read MoreAumund of São Paulo and Germany-headquartered Schade Lagertechnik recently teamed up for their newest purchase order: the delivery of a Schade stacker for an iron ore operation in the Minas Gerais state, Brazil. While neither identified the customer, the mine’s plant is to the southeast of Belo Horizonte and will be designed with an output capacity of 1,800 tonnes per…
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Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), Russia’s largest mobile operator, will build a commercial 5G-ready private network for Severstal’s Karelsky Okatysh iron ore operation in northwest Russia. The network will be built on the Ericsson Dedicated Network solution. The network is scheduled to launch in April 2022. As part of the agreement, MTS will build a dedicated LTE/5G-ready network for dispatching voice and…
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