Metso has secured an order to supply advanced filtration technology for Lloyds Metals & Energy’s iron ore concentrate filtration plants at Ghugus, Manikgarh and Konsari in Maharashtra, central India. The equipment will serve Lloyds’ integrated value chain spanning iron ore mining through to sponge iron production, targeting drier concentrate and reduced tailings moisture for downstream handling and pelletising. For process engineers, the upgrade signals tighter water balance control and potential gains in filtration throughput and energy use across three key concentrator hubs.

SKF is pushing condition-based maintenance in Australian mines by combining bearing remanufacturing, vibration and temperature monitoring, and root-cause failure analysis on critical assets such as conveyors and grinding mills. Using connected sensors feeding into its cloud-based diagnostics platforms, SKF engineers can flag lubrication issues, misalignment and contamination early, then specify upgraded seals, housings or heat-treated bearing steels tailored to each duty. The approach extends bearing service life, cuts unplanned stoppages and allows mines to defer capex on large rotating equipment while maintaining throughput.

Fortescue Ltd is accelerating delivery of what it calls the world’s first industrial, fully integrated green energy grid designed to eliminate fossil fuels from large-scale operations, at a scale comparable to a city. The system is being engineered specifically to remove diesel from mining and heavy industry energy use, replacing it with renewables-based power and associated infrastructure. Fortescue plans to replicate and commercialise the grid technology at other industrial sites globally wherever host operators or governments invite deployment.