Breaking new ground at Fortescue’s Iron Bridge
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...