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Metal Logic Purchases Pilbara Site to Deploy Grade-Agnostic, Scalable Modular Clean Steel Smelter
Low-carbon steel platform Metal Logic has executed an agreement to acquire approximately 1,000 hectares of tenements strategically located in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara region, within 20 kilometres of rail corridors operated by BHP, Roy Hill and Fortescue. The rail corridors collectively transport more than half the iron ore mined in the Pilbara to the coast for export.
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[{"type":"text","content":"Australian-invented modular smelting technology set to unlock billions in stranded iron ore value, create regional jobs and deliver lower-cost, clean steel with first modules ready for site deployment toward the end of H1 CY26.","length":227,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"MELBOURNE, Australia, March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Low-carbon steel platform Metal Logic has executed an agreement to acquire approximately 1,000 hectares of tenements strategically located in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara region, within 20 kilometres of rail corridors operated by BHP, Roy Hill and Fortescue. The rail corridors collectively transport more than half the iron ore mined in the Pilbara to the coast for export.","length":449,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Subject to standard conditions precedent, the acquisition secures the site for Metal Logic's first industrial-scale deployment of its modular, scalable array smelting technology at an initial capacity of one million tonnes per annum (1Mtpa). The platform is designed to scale further through additional modular units manufactured from the company's production facility in Victoria. The acquisition of these strategically located tenements include a mining lease and a site for smelting of materials, enabling Metal Logic to establish a fully integrated value-added processing hub in one of the world's premier mining jurisdictions.","length":643,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Metal Logic Managing Director Joel Nicholls said, "This agreement marks a critical milestone in our journey from technology development to industrial deployment. We have secured a strategic piece of land in the heart of the Pilbara to build Australia's first modular clean steel smelting hub. Our focus on thermal efficiency has delivered what many thought impossible—a smelting process that is simultaneously lower-cost and lower-emission than conventional steelmaking. We don't need to rely on subsidies or carbon border adjustment mechanisms to make this work - the thermodynamic efficiency does the heavy lifting."","length":636,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Thermal Efficiency Delivers Lower Cost and Lower Emissions","length":58,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Metal Logic's approach fundamentally resets how Australian iron ore is pro...