Rio Tinto names Shell’s Katie Jackson as new copper chief
Jackson, who is the current president of National Grid Ventures, an energy group, joins Rio Tinto on September 1.
LKAB has been granted an environmental permit for the new open-pit mine at Gruvberget, near the village of Svappavaara in Kiruna, Sweden. “We are very pleased, now we can open LKAB’s first iron ore mine in 50 years,” says President, Lars-Eric Aaro. The plan is to gradually increase production at the new mine up to 2 Mt/y of crude ore. The orebody contains both magnetite and hematite, but only the former will initially be mined. This news coincides with International Mining’s upcoming series on the company’s mines (first article to be published in June). (more…)
