• 3. Reviewing a Typical EIA for a Mining Project

    Alternative ore beneficiation methods Mining companies often have a choice of 'beneficiation' methods to concentrate the desired metals in the metallic ore they have mined. Some ore beneficiation methods have less serious impacts than others. For example, gravity concentration of gold ore has less potential to

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  • China's Iron Mining Threatens Villages, Ecosystems in West Africa

     · An estimated billion metric tons of ore are buried there, enough to forge the steel for 100,000 Empire State Buildings. The mountains are billion years old, and geologists say their...

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  • Sumatra villagers protest iron mine allegedly operating despite .

     · An iron ore mining company in Indonesia's Sumatra Island has continued operating despite the local government telling it to halt its activities, local villagers say. An inspection by provincial ...

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  • Mozambique

    On July 16, 2018, Fura Gems Inc. (Canada) announces its acquisition of nine ruby assets in northern Mozambique from Mustang Resources Ltd. (Australia) and Regius Resources Group Ltd. (UK). On completion of the acquisition, Fura Gems will hold a ruby mining concession area of 1104 square kilometers in northern Mozambique.

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  • Iron ore tailings dry stacking in Pau Branco mine, Brazil

     · Materials and methods. Vallourec's beneficiation plant produces concentrated iron ore lumps and fines in Pau Branco mine [6]. Tailings are composed of both fines (>45 μm) and ultrafines (<45 μm). Ultrafines are generated from the desliming cycloning of the magnetic concentration process, and fines are the rejects of this process.

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  • Gerald ramping up to 3 million mt/year of highgrade iron ore at .

     · The capacity of the Marampa mine was previously put at 6 million mt/year. This follows SL Mining's striking of an accord earlier this month with the government of Sierra Leone to allow mining activities to resume at SL Mining's highquality iron ore property in the west African nation, following a twoyear break marked by legal tussles.

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  • Mining industry worldwide

     · Iron ore mine production by country 2021. ... Investing activities of top global mining companies . ... Australia is second in mine production of gold . 330 mt.

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  • Sumatra villagers protest iron mine allegedly operating despite .

     · An iron ore mining company in Indonesia's Sumatra Island has continued operating despite the local government telling it to halt its activities, local villagers say. An inspection by provincial authorities had found the company, PT Faminglevto Bakti Abadi (FBA), to be lacking permits and posing risks to the environment and nearby communities.

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  • China's iron ore imports, stockpiles rise

    1 day ago · The world's top iron ore consumer brought in million tonnes of the steelmaking raw material last month, up from July's million tonnes, the General Administration of Customs said.

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  • Mineral Commodity Summaries 2022

    IRON ORE1 (Data in thousand metric tons of usable ore unless otherwise noted) Domestic Production and Use: In 2021, mines in Michigan and Minnesota shipped 98% of the domestic usable iron ore products, which were consumed in the steel industry in the United States, with an estimated value of billion, a 23% increase from billion in 2020.

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  • Onslow Iron sets out to redefine WA mining

     · Mineral Resources (MinRes)' transformational Onslow Iron project (formerly known as the Ashburton project) in Western Australia has commenced early works to support first ore on ship around December 2023. Onslow Iron will unlock stranded deposits that would otherwise remain undeveloped in the West Pilbara region, using MinRes' innovative ...

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  • Daily iron ore price update (imports up)

    The iron ore complex saw more price falls on Wednesday, with both Dalian and Singapore future iron ore contracts pulling back, mainly due to the just released August trade data. China's imports of iron ore in August rose % from the prior month, with stocks at Chinese ports hitting a four month high. More from Reuters:

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  • Environmental Problems Caused by Mining |

     · The mining and processing of minerals provides us with the building blocks required to form much of the infrastructure needed to support modern societies. In 2020, the top 40 mining companies had together accumulated a total revenue of USD544 billion, which was up 4% on the previous year.

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  • Environmental Problems Caused by Mining |

     · The infrastructure created by mining operations in remote, untouched landscapes can lead to improved access to these regions which may result in further humancaused disturbance to the local ecological systems. The impact of mining operations on the surrounding land is also closely linked to the ecological setting of the mining sites.

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  • Kiruna Iron Ore Mine, Sweden

     · In 2019, Kiruna produced of iron ore products. The production in 2018 and 2017 was 15Mt and, respectively. The mine produced 50,000t of ore feed material a day in June 2020. Mining at the site was briefly halted in 2019 after an earthquake of magnitude, the country's biggestever, occurred in May that year.

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  • Capacity Utilisation Rates of Domestic Mines Dropped Slightly in .

    21 hours ago · SHANGHAI, Sep 8 (SMM) – The average capacity utilisation rate of domestic iron ore mines stood at % in August 2022, down percentage points MoM. Iron ore concentrate output was million mt, a decrease of 530,000 mt from the previous month.

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  • Razorback Iron Ore Project

    The Razorback Iron Ore Project (Project) is a magnetite iron ore deposit capable of producing a high grade iron ore concentrate product for use in steel production. The Project is owned and operated by the ASX listed Magnetite Mines Limited (ASX: MGT). With a defined 2012 JORC resource of Billion tonnes of iron ore, the Razorback Iron ...

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