Iron ore mining news

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.

Anglo American plc has published its production report for the first quarter ended 31 March 2021.

Vale has gradually started the operation of the tailings filtration plant located at the Vargem Grande Complex in Minas Gerais, totalling US$2.3 billion in investments between 2020 and 2024.

Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration), together with LKAB and Bane Nor, is conducting tests on the Swedish and Norwegian sections of the Ore Railway to enable heavier transports in future.

Fortescue Metals Group has marked a significant milestone for its Pilbara operations, exporting over 1.5 billion t of iron ore since it was first established in 2003.