Iron ore mining news

LKAB is cutting back on planned maintenance work as the maintenance season begins, including in both Kiruna and Malmberget.

BHP has achieved first ore at its South Flank mine in the central Pilbara, Western Australia.

Alien Metals Ltd has advised that it has executed a conditional share sale agreement to increase its effective interest in the Hamersley Iron Ore Direct Shipping Ore Project from 51% to over 90%.

Metso Outotec has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. Ltd on the delivery of environmentally sound pelletising technology for Yunnan Yuxi Yukun Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd.

Rui Shiliang, Winning International Group, discusses the use of Vermeer Corporation’s T1255III Terrain Leveler® surface excavation machine at the Boké Mine in Guinea.

Global iron ore production fell by 3% to 2.2 billion t in 2020 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 3.7% to 2663.4 million t between 2021 to 2025, GlobalData has reported.

Alien Metals Ltd has announced that the company has received initial results from the maiden drilling programme at its Hancock Iron Ore project, which is part of the Hamersley Iron Ore Project, Western Australia.

The Weir Group has been awarded a £36 million order to provide industry-leading energy saving solutions to Ferrexpo, one of the world’s largest exporters of iron ore pellets to the global steel industry.

Epiroc has won an order from Rio Tinto for mining equipment to be used in the company’s iron ore mines in the Pilbara region in Australia.

Sierra Metals’ Board of Directors has approved investment in the construction of a magnetite processing plant at the company’s Bolivar Mine in Mexico.