Vale signs financing agreement for shipbuilding

Total shipments from Australia and Brazil – significant iron ore suppliers – decreased by 12.5% week-on-week to 22.08 million tons for the week ending March 18.

Designing and installing new equipment might grab the headlines. But just as important for manufacturers is regular maintenance and inspection of systems.

As a result of the plan, Rio Tinto now expects to begin production one year earlier than planned on its side of the project, in October 2025.

Sigma Lithium has reached its second shipment target after trucking 15,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium concentrate and 30,000 tonnes of by-products to Vitoria Port in Brazil.

The Finnish firm will deliver seven Larox FFP2512 pressure filtration units to Tosyali’s iron concentrator plant expansion in Algeria.

Classification society DNV has awarded Viridis Bulk Carriers, an Approval in Principle for its ammonia fuelled shortsea bulker design.