by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
Metso Outotec has been awarded a contract to supply key grinding equipment for ArcelorMittal’s Las Truchas 2.3MTPA iron ore processing plant revamp project in Mexico. The value of the order is approximately EUR 17 million, and it has been booked in Minerals’ Q4/2021...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
Mining giant Glencore says its plan for a new metallurgical and thermal coalmine in Queensland can be accommodated within its climate strategy. The Anglo-Swiss multinational insists its proposed Valeria coalmine in Queensland will not upset ambitions for net-zero...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
Russian aluminium producer Rusal said on Friday it had launched production at its long-stalled Taishet aluminium smelter in Siberia. Hong-Kong listed Rusal, the world’s largest aluminium producer outside China, started work on the Taishet project in 2007....
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
Australia’s resource and energy exports are expected to reach a record $379 billion in 2021-22, up from $310 billion in 2020-21, according to the Resources and Energy Quarterly for December 2021. The report found that high commodity prices, good volume growth and a...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 20, 2021 | News
The Iron Bridge magnetite project. Image: Fortescue Metals Group. Fortescue Metals Group subsidiary Pilbara Energy Company has awarded a $30 million contract to GenusPlus for 98 kilometres of overhead transmission line in Western Australia. The transmission line will...
by Gordon Barratt | Dec 17, 2021 | News
RPMGlobal (RPM) has announced a further software product acquisition after entering a collaborative research partnership with Canadian based MIRARCO. The agreement gives RPM ownership of three mine planning optimisation software products that will strengthen RPM’s...