Mining operations, known for their dusty environments, face the critical challenge of protecting workers' health, safeguarding the environment, and maintaining positive relations with nearby communities while ensuring regulatory compliance. As the leading value-added partner supplying M3SH monitoring solutions across Africa, Probe IMT introduces an effective solution for comprehensive air quality

When an Australian copper-gold mine needed to replace a worn feedwell in one of its tailings thickeners, it initially requested a like-for-like replacement. But FLS knew things could be improved. FLS ultimately worked with the mine to introduce an innovative feedwell design that delivered significant operational and environmental benefits. The

The new bell less top (BLT) installed in blast furnace A offers enhanced efficiency with less maintenance. With improved access and more efficient dismantling aids, the innovative design enables maintenance times to be reduced considerably. The newly installed silencer has significantly cut noise emissions, so operation of the system is

Metso is reintroducing the OtoVent off-gas treatment technology for the quenching of various types of off-gases in non-ferrous and ferrous metallurgical processes and in oil, gas and chemical plants. OtoVent technology is used, for example, at the most modern copper smelters. OtoVent has high quenching and pre-dedusting capability, and the

The effective management of energy and resources has become a critical source of competitiveness and sustainability for industrial operations, particularly for the steel segment. Given the complexity and interdependence of its processes, which is often the case of integrated plants, the adoption of digital solutions that enable managing energy performance,

Metso is launching the Metso pCAM plant, an intelligent Planet Positive-certified solution for the manufacturing of precursor cathode active material, which is needed in the production of lithium-ion batteries. Centered around an energy-efficient pCAM reactor, PSI® 1000 particle size analyzer and pCAM process control, Metso’s pCAM plant integrates advanced technology

Primetals Technologies is supplying a new bar-in-coil (BIC) outlet for the Hebei Xinggang Technology plant, which is being relocated to Xingtai City, Hebei Provence, China. For this custom production process and equipment solution, Primetals Technologies will engineer, install, and implement a new BIC outlet. Also included are two shears, a water cooling

Chinese steel producer Baosteel Zhanjiang has awarded Primetals Technologies a contract for the engineering, supply, and startup of a bow-type 2-strand continuous caster for the production of extraordinarily thick slabs. The caster, designed to be one of the world’s most powerful, will be implemented at Baosteels’s plant in Zhanjiang, Guangdong

Indian iron ore mining company Essel Mining and Industries Limited (EMIL) recently granted the final acceptance certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for its Circular Pelletizing Technology (CPT) plant located at its facilities in Basantpur, Odisha state, India. CPT is the world’s most compact pelletizing plant for the production of high-quality

Aço Cearense Group’s Siderúrgica Norte Brasil (Sinobras) plant produced the first spooled coils using Danieli spooler technology at its rolling mill #2 in Marabá, Pará state, Brazil. The new spooler line is capable of producing rebars from 10 to 25 mm dia in perfectly shaped coils, at a maximum finishing

Half of the world’s 211,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) used in 2017 was accounted for by electric cars and by 2027, that figure is expected to be 90% of 1,265,000 tonnes. Electric vehicles need large batteries and rising demand in this area is expected to create large markets for

Metso is launching the XM Series, a highly advanced premium crushing solution that combines intelligence, durability and lifetime value with a new digital package, resilient engineering and unmatched warranties. The groundbreaking Metso XM Series crushing solution designed for demanding mining applications is built to take crushing performance beyond the conventional.

ArcelorMittal Brasil chose Danieli Centro Met technology and equipment for an ultra-modern, twin-ladle furnace station to be installed at the Tubarão integrated steel plant in Serra, Espirito Santo state, where 7+ Mtpy of high-quality, flat carbon steel products are produced. The new twin-ladle furnace station will be placed in the

Metso’s Lokotrack® EC range brings a new diesel-electric power line to the aggregates market. All the process functions of the range are electric, significantly reducing the use of hydraulic oil needed in the crushing operations. All Lokotrack EC range units can be powered with external electricity. In its Lokolaunch event

Leading Indian steel producer Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has tasked Primetals Technologies with an upgrade of the process automation system at its Steckel mill in Salem, India. Primetals Technologies is responsible for the supply and implementation of Level 2 automation equipment and software.  The existing process automation system dates back

Muhaj Baghdad again selects Danieli long-product technologies. A new contract with Danieli has been signed for the supply of a new, three-strand billet caster to be installed in the region of Babil (Babylon), Iraq. The continuous casting machine will produce 500,000 tpy of rebar grades in a 130x130 mm section

Wuyang Iron and Steel has placed an order with Primetals Technologies for a 1-strand  caster with several record-breaking features. The caster will be implemented at Wuyang’s plant in Wugang, Henan province, and is set to become the world’s most powerful of its kind. Moreover, it will produce the world’s thickest

Metso is launching productized FIT in-plant and Foresight overland conveyors for reliable material transportation in the mining industry. The standardized conveyor modules and premium components offer high capacity and layout flexibility as well as substantial savings in time and resources, from feasibility and design to implementation, thereby enabling higher lifetime

SMS group has successfully upgraded the existing automation system at ArcelorMittal Tubarão’s hot strip mill in Tubarão, Brasil. The new automation project for the roughing mill and edger, which were delivered twenty years ago by another supplier, required intensive preparations and close cooperation between the parties involved. This enabled the

Iraqi company Muhaj Baghdad awarded Danieli the contract for a new, 500,000-tpy rolling mill plant for rebar. The upcoming plant will be built in the industrial area of Al-Hilla, near Baghdad, to produce quality rebar in 10- to 40-mm-diameter, using Danieli special high-speed rolling technology. The new rolling mill will