Feasibility studies are underway at the Rhodes Ridge joint venture – set to assess the development of an operation expected …
Exploration continues apace across the country. Here is a round up of a few of the notable announcements from the …
Two mine completions and the ramp up to six million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) in one iron project are all …
Mineral Resources (MinRes) has announced a major milestone at its Onslow iron project in the Pilbara, with operations at the …
Rio Tinto’s first Pilbara-made iron ore rail car has rolled off the production line in Karratha as part of a …
Even with China’s ongoing talks affecting BHP iron ore, exports from Port Hedland, the Pilbara’s main hub, have stayed strong. …
Australia has welcomed its first purpose-built battery-electric locomotives (BELs), with BHP leading the charge in the Pilbara. The landmark arrival …
The South Africa-Europe iron-ore trade route could go green as soon as 2029 and scale toward full decarbonisation by 2035, according to a study released by the Global Maritime Forum. The feasibility study, produced in collaboration with a consortium created in 2023 – which includes Anglo American, CMB.TECH, Freeport Saldanha, VUKA Marine, and ENGIE – said the corridor linking Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape to the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands would be one of the first Global South-to-North green shipping routes.
Operations have begun at Rio Tinto’s Simandou joint venture – Africa’s largest greenfield integrated mine and infrastructure project. A celebration …
Assmang, which is jointly owned by African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Assore South Africa, has decided to place its Beeshoek iron-ore mine, in the Northern Cape, on care and maintenance, with about 622 permanent employees to be retrenched with effect from November 30. This follows the cessation of iron-ore offtake by the mine's sole customer, steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), and an extensive review of operational, commercial and financial alternatives.