Ausenco has been awarded a $7million contract to deliver the detailed engineering for a 401 km iron ore pipeline for Samarco Mineração S. A. The iron concentrate slurry pipeline is part of Samarco’s expansion and will be the third pipeline for the project. It will link the Germano mine in Mariana, Brazil to the industrial complex at Ubú, Brazil and will have a nominal capacity of 20 Mt/y. Read more
This Metso project for Samarco is an important milestone in the truckless concept, not only for Metso but also for the industry because this is the first complete Lokotrack and Lokolink system supplied for metal mining. Read more
Samarco is an iron ore mining company formed by a joint venture between two giants: Vale and BHP Billiton. Samarco's mine is located in the Southeast region of Brazil, in Minas Gerais State, approximately 600 kilometers from São Paulo city. …
Brazil's Samarco, one of the world's largest exporters of iron ore pellets, has seen a 12% in production at its Germano mine in Mariana, with the application of Smart Wireless technology to improve plant availability and protect key assets. Emerson's WirelessHARTTM standard network uses Rosemount® wireless flow and pressure transmitters to reliably monitor the seal water injection [...]
Outotec has been awarded the Prêmio Samarco de Excelência 2008 by the Brazilian iron ore producer Samarco Mineraâo. The award is recognition for Outotec's performance during the implementation of Samarco's third pelletising plant project and in particular for Outotec's high standard of services and supplies, ability to meet deadlines, social responsibility and safety at work.
Orezone Gold Corporation (ORE:TSX) is pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of its Sega Gold Project ("Sega") in Burkina Faso to Cluff Gold plc (Cluff) for total consideration of approximately US$26.5M.