Iron ore mining news

AusIMM has joined forces with CSIRO to once again bring world class iron ore knowledge from the Pilbara to Perth at Iron Ore Conference.

Rio Tinto has released its 2Q21 production results.

Fortescue Metals Group’s autonomous haul fleet has moved 2 billion t of material, doubling the amount hauled since reaching the 1 billion t milestone in September 2019.

Atlas Iron has announced that its Miralga Creek project recently passed some significant project milestones.

Warrikal Pty Ltd has been awarded a 5-year AUS$350 million contract as one of the providers of maintenance and shutdown services across Fortescue’s Pilbara operations.

Two iron ore miners, one in West Africa and the other in Canada, are looking to increase their plant efficiency with high capacity bulk material handling solutions from FLSmidth.

Rio Tinto’s new Gudai-Darri Iron Ore mine in Western Australia will utilise simulation-based training solutions from Immersive Technologies to address the workforce development challenges within autonomous haulage operations.

Alien Metals Ltd has announced that it has completed its Phase 2 drilling programme on the Hancock tenement, part of the Hamersley Iron Ore Project, Western Australia.

NRW Holdings Limited has announced that a letter of intent has been received from Karara Mining Ltd to award a contract for the mining services works at the Karara Iron Ore mine in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

Metso Outotec has signed a contract for the delivery of an iron ore beneficiation and travelling grate pelletising plant to Africa.