IRON ORE AND MANGANESE

BHP says it is looking into options to increase its iron ore export capacity at Port Hedland, in Western Australia, with the potential for a 40 Mt/y boost if “market conditions allow”. The company is currently focused on hitting its...

Anglo American announces that it has received the next phase of its operating licence for its Minas-Rio tailings facility in Brazil, following the work to raise the dam as part of the Step 3 licence area of the mine....

The Anglo-Australian miner said the investment in the Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 mine will facilitate mining of existing and new deposits and includes construction of a new crusher as well as a 13-kilometre conveyor, reports Reuters. The new conveyor...

Uranium One Group (U1G), a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom, has signed a deal with Canada’s Wealth Minerals to buy up to a 51% interest in the company’s Atacama lithium project, located in Chile’s northern Antofagasta region. The...

Capstone Mining Corp reported that the Woodbury Fire wildfire in Arizona is nearing the westernmost property boundary of its Pinto Valley mine. At the time of this release, there has been no physical impact to infrastructure or operations at...

Vale has invested nearly R$ 66 billion * (US$ 17.5 billion) installing and expanding the use of dry processing, using natural moisture, in iron ore production in its operations in Brazil over the last 10 years. By not using...

Rio Tinto has chosen FLSmidth to supply key minerals handling equipment for the company’s Koodaideri mine in Western Australia The contract is a turn-key contract for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of Rio Tinto's new greenfield iron-ore mine, Koodaideri. FLSmidth...