Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques has noted that his company is keeping a close watch on merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities in a bid to overcome the market uncertainties surrounding Covid-19 with a more diversified portfolio.
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Mineral exports climb in March despite pandemic
Solid growth in mineral exports during March has guided Australia’s trade surplus to a record $10.6 billion in seasonally adjusted terms.
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Fortescue optimistic about Chinese steel recovery
Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Elizabeth Gaines is confident that Chinese steel demand will support Australia’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Fortescue achieves record shipments amid COVID-19 pandemic
Fortescue Metals Group has shrugged off the operational impact of COVID-19 by achieving record March quarterly shipments and an upgraded guidance.
The company shipped 42.3 million tonnes in the March 2020
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Mount Gibson cautiously withdraws sales guidance
Mount Gibson Iron has withdrawn its sales and cost guidance for the 2020 financial year amid uncertainties surrounding the global COVID-19 situation.
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Fortescue to receive thyssenkrupp’s largest ever gyratory crusher at Iron Bridge
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions will supply two of its KB 63-130 gyratory crushers — which are set to be the largest in Australia — to Fortescue Metals Group's Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara, Western Australia.
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Rio Tinto bolsters COVID-19 airport screening
Rio Tinto has ramped up its COVID-19 screening measures across Western Australia in an effort to further manage the pandemic.
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Bridgestone: A partner in products, service and technology
A visit by Bridgestone’s vice president from Japan to Roy Hill’s iron ore project has highlighted the company’s intention to aspire to offer the best for its customers by listening and working directly alongside them.
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Resource exports to surge on the back of iron ore
Australia’s resource and energy export earnings are forecast to set a record of $299 billion in 2019–2020 despite the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NRW wins Olympic Dam contract with BHP
BHP has awarded NRW Contracting with a $48 million airport upgrade contract at the Olympic Dam project in South Australia.
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MACA claims Atlas contract for Corunna Downs
MACA Limited has been awarded a new road works project for Atlas Iron’s Corunna Downs iron ore project in the Pilbara region, Western Australia.
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Andrew Forrest digs up additional Fortescue shares
Andrew Forrest has raked in 22 million shares from Fortescue Metals Group, upping his stake in the company to 35.3 per cent.
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Fit for the grind: NTN’s Mill trunnion bearings
When the bore diameter of a bearing is 1.5 metres, it’s not classified as an off-the-shelf item. Yet these extra-large bearings are often employed on critical pieces of equipment, such as the trunnions of grinding mills at mine sites.
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Fortescue reaches record ore shipments
Fortescue Metals Group has welcomed a record number of ore shipments in its latest half yearly report.
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Roy Hill chooses Epiroc to automate haul trucks
Roy Hill has signed a contract with Epiroc to automate the Western Australian iron ore miner’s mixed fleet of 77 Hitachi and Cat haul trucks.
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Iron ore could maintain strong prices in new decade
Solid iron ore prices are tipped to continue throughout early 2020, according to Australian iron ore development company Macarthur Minerals.
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Differential energy shapes the modern miner’s role
Automation is considered the future of mining, but as two of Dyno Nobel’s leaders explain, it can also be used to collect data that help to plan for sustainable outcomes.
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Fortescue awards $165m contract to Sodexo JV
Sodexo, together with Native Title businesses in the Pilbara, has won a contract to provide village services for Fortescue Metals Group in Western Australia.
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Flinders secures Pilbara agreements with BBI Group
Flinders Mines has formed a farm-in incorporated joint venture with BBI Group for its flagship Pilbara iron ore project (PIOP).
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Pink plant to power Roy Hill expansion
Roy Hill is set to launch construction of a processing plant that will help boost shipping of iron ore from the Pilbara site to 60 million tonnes a year once operational.
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