Finance & business

Caterpillar Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire RPMGlobal Holdings Limited, an Australian-based software company.

Vulcan Energy announces that it has signed an offtake agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore plc, one of the world’s largest natural resource companies, to provide battery-quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) from its Phase One Lionheart Project.

I-Pulse Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Robert Friedland and Laurent Frescaline, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, welcome Codelco as the company’s latest strategic investor and key partner in the development and commercialisation of its disruptive pulsed power technologies.

ABB and Swedish mining and minerals group LKAB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a strategic technology partnership to shape the future of mining.

Minérios Itaúna Ltda (Minerita) has selected Metso to supply all key comminution equipment for its greenfield Compact iron ore project located in Itatiaiuçu, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The plant aims to produce 4.5 Mtpy of high-grade premium pellet feed in two phases.

The event will bring together participants from 70 countries in Lima, coinciding with the Festival of the Sun. The extension of the technical abstract submission deadline until October 13, 2025, was also announced.

Weir, a mining technology company, has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Viking Analytics, a Swedish-based company specialising in AI-powered vibration analysis and condition monitoring for smarter predictive maintenance.

During the UN General Assembly in New York, Fortescue officially announced a global alliance – aimed at accelerating the global industrial decarbonisation and building the lowest-cost, 24/7 clean energy systems capable of outcompeting fossil fuels.

Komatsu Ltd and its subsidiary, EARTHBRAIN Ltd, have entered into a collaboration with TIER IV Inc – a pioneer in open-source software for autonomous driving – to develop autonomous technology for construction equipment.

Isometric has partnered with Anglo American, a leading global mining company, to issue trusted, high-quality Enhanced Weathering (EW) credits.

Weir has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Fast2 Mine Tecnologia e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Ltda. Fast2Mine is a software provider to the mining industry, with a focus on mine management solutions (MMS).

Technology group Wärtsilä has entered a five-year Operation and Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Boto SA, a subsidiary of Moroccan mining group, Managem, for a 23 MW captive power plant at the Boto Gold Project in Eastern Senegal.

Epiroc AB, a leading productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries, is breaking ground on a new major distribution centre in Örebro, Sweden. The top-modern facility will be a global hub for Epiroc’s aftermarket products, benefiting customers by enabling a more efficient supply of goods.

Anglo American, through its 50.1% owned subsidiary, has signed a definitive agreement with Codelco to execute a joint mine plan for their neighbouring copper operations, Los Bronces and Andina, in Chile.

Cummins Inc and Komatsu Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the development of hybrid powertrains for surface haulage heavy mining equipment.