Iron ore mining news

Konecranes has won a multi-year service contract with LKAB for the maintenance of its assets across four sites in northern Sweden and the Arctic Circle.

Vale has informed that the emergency level of the Itabiruçu dam, located at the Itabira Complex, has been removed after a thorough analysis of its geotechnical characteristics.

LKAB increased its mineral resources during 2020 by 45%, from 1.2 to 1.7 billion t.

Rio Tinto has secured a new commercial freight shipping service connecting Western Australia’s Pilbara region to the major international shipping hub of Singapore.

From a single control room, operators in LKAB’s Kiruna mine are now running six autonomous loaders from two different manufacturers.

Fortescue Metals Group has announced the successful operational deployment of autonomous light vehicles at the company’s mining operations in the Chichester Hub.

RPMGlobal has been working with miners around the globe to bridge the gap between operational planning and customer demand, and has upgraded its advanced mine scheduling software, XECUTE, as a result.

Although the pandemic-related impacts and measures reduced productivity in all businesses and postponed the start-up of the new iron ore assets in 2020, Vale remains confident to achieve 400 million tpy capacity by the end of 2022.

A new report launched by the Minerals Council of Australia forecasts that Australia’s world-class iron ore will support growth, create jobs and sustain regional communities for many decades ahead of trading in a globally competitive market environment.

Metso Outotec has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. Ltd on the delivery of environmentally sound technology for an iron ore pelletising plant to be built in south-west China.