Rio Tinto is expanding its Mine of the Future™ programme to develop new equipment and systems for deep underground mines and has selected three partners to work on the project. Aker Wirth and Atlas Copco will individually work with Rio Tinto to develop two new tunneling concepts and Herrenknecht will work with the Group on [...]

Australian iron ore company Cape Lambert has reached an agreement with Marampa Iron Ore Limited, a subsidiary of African Minerals, to increase its investment in Marampa, the holder of the Marampa Iron Ore Project in Sierra Leone to approximately 35%.
The consideration payable by Cape Lambert for its increased investment in Marampa is the issue of 17 million fully paid [...]

 
Rio Tinto’s subsidiary, Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium, has begun production of ilmenite at its QMM mineral sands operation at Fort Dauphin in Madagascar.
The development (owned 80 per cent by Rio Tinto and 20 per cent by the Madagascar government) began as an exploration project in the 1980s and is the second largest investment on the island. Ilmenite from [...]

Atlas Iron Limited is pleased to announce a new direct shipping iron ore (DSO) discovery in the first drill holes completed at Wodgina (Atlas 100% Fe rights) located 100 kilometres south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara of Western Australia. Recently received intersections include:
50 metres at 58.6% Fe 0.12 % P, 4.98% SiO2 and 1.58% Al2O3 from [...]