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Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) has released its Q3 CY24 results, with the company increasing Pilbara iron ore, bauxite and titanium dioxide slag production. Bauxite production saw an 8% increase from the prior corresponding period to 15.1mt, titanium dioxide slag production increased 7% to 263kt and Pilbara iron ore production increased 1% to 84.1mt. On the other hand, aluminium production decreased 2% to 809kt and mined copper production dropped 1% to 168kt. Operations Construction of Rio’s Western Range mine is now 80% complete, with the company finalising commissioning of the autonomous haul trucks and completing the Paraburdoo upgrade in the quarter. Rio continues to focus on the construction of the greenfield crushing and screening plant as well as the Paraburdoo plant…

Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) has signed a six-year contract with Dyno Nobel to use its DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY™ blasting technology at Iron Bridge in Pilbara, WA. The performance-based contract, which began last month, will see Dyno Nobel, a business of Incitec Pivot Limited (ASX: IPL), provide 25,000tpa of DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY emulsion for use at magnetite project by mid-decade. Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific President Greg Hayne welcomes the contract win, which builds on the company’s existing relationship with Fortescue in the Pilbara region. “Customers are increasingly coming to appreciate how DIFFERENTIAL ENERGY can reduce downstream capital and processing costs, whilst improving productivity and reducing emissions from blasting,” he said. In 2019, Fortescue operations managers visited Dyno Nobel’s operations in the Iron…

Production and maintenance personnel are rostered around the clock to ensure plant equipment availability is maximised and running as smooth as possible while faced with the constant threat of costly downtime. Critical components must therefore be constantly monitored to prevent any potential issues where unplanned repairs will result in a complete or partial plant shutdown. Not only are machine components subject to wear and tear, abrasion, impact, dust, corrosion, humidity, and high temperatures, but there’s also the inherent health and safety risks that personnel face as they perform their day-to-day tasks. This is why intuitive condition monitoring is such an integral part of any reliable industrial operation. The ability to diagnose and eliminate faults before they happen, subsequently improving operational…

SPECIALISING in repairs, maintenance and modifications to heavy earthmoving and surface mining equipment, MJD Mechanical Services also has the facilities, specialised tooling and training for the overhaul of components to complete machine overhauls. MJD Mechanical has extensive experience with surface mining equipment, specialising in dozers, loaders, off-highway trucks, graders, diggers and scrapers. All requirements for complete machine overhaul are available on the company’s site including, fitters, boilermakers, engineering, blast and paint. MJD Mechanical carries out site equipment compliance on new machines and assembly of machines in component form, sent direct to its site from Brisbane wharf for assembly, site spec, repairs as required and commissioning. This allows heavy haulage to move equipment to mine sites in mostly-assembled form, due to…