HMSWeb Joins Two New Projects with VALE
HMSWeb© is the corporate tool for two flagship mining projects in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. HMSWeb Tecnologia da Informação is further expanding its project portfolio with Vale, with which it has a corporate contract for configuring and licensing the HMSWeb© – Handover Management System. The fully digital solution from the Forship Group company, which facilitates the management, control, certification, and verification of all commissioning-related activities, will be used in two of the mining company’s flagship projects. MORE EFFICIENT, SAFE, AND SUSTAINABLE One of the contracts pertains to the plants at the Cauê Mine in Itabira (MG), where Vale is employing New Steel technology to enable the dry magnetic concentration of low-grade ores – that is, without using water. The Brazilian technology, known by the English acronym FDMS (Fines Dry Magnetic Separation), is unique worldwide. The pilot plant was inaugurated in 2022 in Minas Gerais, with a capacity to concentrate 30 tons per hour of dry ore using magnetic separation technology via rare earth magnets. Vale is expected to invest USD 1.8 billion in incorporating this technology into its operations in Minas Gerais. With New Steel, Vale estimates that by 2024, 70% of its production will be beneficiated dry or with natural moisture, without adding water in the beneficiation process and without using tailings dams. REDUCTION IN CO2 EMISSIONS HMSWeb© will serve as the commissioning management tool for the implementation of the briquette beneficiation plants at the Tubarão unit in Vitória (ES). At the end of last year, Vale inaugurated the world’s first iron ore briquette plant. The Vale project at Tubarão, with two briquette units, will have a capacity to produce 6 million tons per year (MTPA) of briquettes, derived from the conversion of Pelletizing Plants 1 and 2. The new product, developed by Vale, reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in blast furnaces by up to 10%, and in the future could enable zero-emission steel production when green hydrogen becomes available. In addition to reducing particulate emissions and gases such as sulfur dioxide (SOX) and nitrogen oxides (NOX), the briquette eliminates the need for water in its production and can be used in the direct reduction route, replacing pellets. “These two contracts further strengthen our partnership with Vale, which has lasted over a decade. Today, we have no fewer than 32 active contracts with Vale,” highlights Luciano Gaete, Director of HMSWeb Tecnologia da Informação.
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