Mining news updates

Perenti’s underground mining business, Barminco, has been awarded the contract to provide underground mining services at Barrick’s Fourmile Project in Nevada, USA.

Industrial services provider Bilfinger has been awarded a significant contract by Gübretas Maden Yatirimlari A.S., covering the phase 2 expansion of the Sögüt Gold Mine in Bilecik, Türkiye.

Vizsla Copper Corp. has reported that a fully funded 2026 diamond drilling exploration programme has commenced at its Palmer VMS Project in Southeast Alaska.

Normet has announced the launch of the Spraymec 2100, a new self-propelled concrete sprayer designed to meet today’s safety, emission, and usability requirements in small and mid-size mine envelopes.

The UK Mining Conference recently concluded its seventh annual event, highlighting the scale of opportunity in the UK to meet demand for metals and minerals that power modern life.

Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited has awarded Weir an order to supply 14 GEHO TZPM 2000 positive displacement pumps equipped with GLORES (GEHO Load Reduction System).

Sam Hosack, Managing Director at Prospect Resources Ltd, considers how global demand is accelerating while copper supply is struggling to keep pace, resulting in rising competition to meet future production needs.

ABB has announced the launch of Grinding Connect, a new digital service suite for mining companies operating gearless mill drive (GMD) systems.

Fortuna Mining Corp. has received an environmental decree from the Government of Senegal approving the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the Diamba Sud Gold Mine.

Pioneering initiative in iron ore production in Brazil integrates artificial intelligence into industrial processes, delivering gains in quality, sustainability, and competitiveness

BHP and China’s intelligent industrial conveyor service provider Wuxi BOTON Technology Co., Ltd. (BOTON) have signed a Global Framework Agreement to expand their collaboration to advance innovative and more sustainable conveyor systems in mining.

Leading underground contract miner Barminco has selected Sandvik to supply a 23-unit fleet of underground trucks, loaders and drills for the Bellevue Gold Project in Western Australia.

China Baowu and Rio Tinto have successfully completed industrial-scale pelletisation and shaft furnace trials in China using Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Blend iron ore, as part of their broader partnership to study ways to reduce steelmaking emissions.

Codelco and the CEA-Liten institute signed a collaboration agreement to study and develop technologies that enable the electrification of equipment in underground mining operations.

Komatsu celebrated the grand opening of its new office building and Customer Experience Center in Peoria, Illinois, with an event that included a ceremonial tree planting to mark the company’s continued investment in the region and commitment to sustainable growth.

Jangada Mines plc, a Brazil-focused natural resources company, has provided an update on the Paranaíta Gold Project within the Alta Floresta-Juruena Gold Province in Brazil, where Jangada’s recent exploration results support the presence of a large-scale gold system with significant growth potential.

Following the celebration of World Oceans Day, focus is increasing on deep-sea mining to deliver critical minerals for the green transition. How can this be balanced with protecting the oceans?

Metso is reinforcing its mineralogy capabilities at its Research Centre in Pori, Finland, with a new investment designed to help customers move faster and make better-informed decisions across the full lifecycle of their minerals processing projects from early phase project design through to operational optimisation.

Sandvik is investing in a new logistics hub at its factory for load and haul underground mining equipment in Turku, Finland to strengthen customer service, improve material flow and support shorter factory lead times.

The exploration intelligence geoscientists have searched by hand for years is now callable by code (and by AI agents) spatially, textually, and by image type.

Weir, a mining technology company, has secured a multimillion-dollar contract in quarter two with a major Chinese non-ferrous metals company to supply WARMAN® pumps for the Phase III expansion of a Xizang copper mine.

Vema Hydrogen has announced that it has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with First Atlantic Nickel & Cobalt Corp, to jointly develop Engineered Mineral Hydrogen (EMH) at the Pipestone XL project, a 30 km ultramafic belt in central Newfoundland.

Global motor and drive manufacturer WEG will exhibit at Hillhead 2026, taking place at Hillhead Quarry, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK, from 23 – 25 June.

In this latest Global Mining Review Spotlight Interview, Editor, Will Owen, is joined by Previn Pillay, Global Head of Enterprise Mining and Integrated Operations at Yokogawa.