2020 July in Review

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AMERICAS

• Brazil’s Vale gets preliminary license to expand Serra Leste iron ore mine
• Gold and iron ore are doing equally well. Their miners are not
• Copper, iron ore prices rise on signs of quick global recovery
• Northeastern Minnesota iron ore plants listed among beneficiary of Minnesota Power refund
• Trump campaign for United States coal undermined by the industry slump
• Reedy partners with HIsmelt technology to test biomass as a coal replacement for iron ore smelting
• S. Steel signs long-term iron ore deal with Algoma Steel
• Australia restores confidence in China’s iron ore processing changes
• Cahoot, AusIMM upskill sector with Mining 4.0 Academy
• Range business owners: “We’ll find a way to stay afloat” as mines idle due to Covid-19

EQUIPMENT

• Metso launches free 3D online crushing and screening plant configurator
• SANY launches a new range of larger excavators with three new models applicable to mining
• Axora launches smart mining resource center to help mining companies recover from Covid-19
• Autonomous robotic refueling solution for mining trucks from Universal Field Robots
• 5G technology makes mining site safer and more efficient
• Tesla brings in heavy machinery to break ground on foundation at Gigafactory Berlin

GLOBAL

• Greens seek parliament approval for coal ban
• Coal India to outsource underground mining operations
• Exclusive: Covid-19 pushes Poland to speed up exit from ailing coal – sources
• Sibanye-Stillwater pledges to put employees before profits during the pandemic
• Safety concerns raised at AngloAmerican’s underground coal mines after the Grosvenor explosion
• OZ Minerals inks Copper export deal with Whyalla Port
• Tanzania Finally Grants Export of Mineral Concentrates
• Miners moving fast and virtuously in response to Covid-19: ICMM
• Biomass as a coal replacement for iron ore smelting
• Data mining champions to drive resource exploration targets in South Australia
• New solution for monitoring tailings dams by Inmarsat
• Mines are hotspots for the spread of Covid-19, study reveals

STATISTICS

• May 2020 crude steel production
• Worldsteel Short Range Outlook June 2020