Iron ore mining news

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.

Strike Resources Ltd has received PMP approval from the Australian DMIRS for its Paulsens East Iron Ore Mine project.

Eurasian Resources Group has announced that its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary BAMIN has won the auction on the Bovespa to complete and operate the first 537 km stretch of the FIOL (East-West Integration) railway.

A year after the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Benedikt Sobotka, ERG, reflects on the lessons learnt about the role of the mining sector in shaping the global economic landscape post-pandemic.