Dyno Nobel, a business of Southbank, Victoria-based Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL), will supply Fortescue Metals Group’s Iron Bridge Magnetite project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region with its so-named “Differential Energy” blasting technology, IPL said on March 21.
The six-year performance-based contract began in February and builds on Dyno Nobel’s existing relationship with Fortescue in the Pilbara. By mid-decade, Dyno Nobel will provide 25,000 mt/y of Differential Energy emulsion for use at Iron Bridge, according to IPL.