LiuGong has broken ground on its Indonesia Green Smart Industrial Park at the Karawang Artha Industrial Hill Industrial Estate in West Java, billed as the country’s first all‑electric heavy equipment factory. The plant will focus on battery-electric construction and mining machinery, positioning production close to Indonesia’s nickel and battery supply chain and major coal and mineral operations. For mine operators, local assembly of electric excavators, loaders and haul units should cut import lead times and support regional trials of high‑capacity battery systems in humid, high‑temperature conditions.

Pilbara Ports handled a record 804.1 million tonnes of trade in the 2025–26 financial year across Ashburton, Dampier, Port Hedland and Varanus Island, passing the 800‑million‑tonne mark for the first time and retaining its status as the world’s largest bulk export port. Iron ore shipments from the Pilbara dominated volumes, confirming sustained high utilisation of deep‑water berths, shiploaders and channel capacity. The scale signals ongoing demand for high‑throughput stockyard management, dredging, and rail‑to‑port interface reliability across the network.

Ore production at the Never Never underground mine in Western Australia more than doubled to 115,000 tonnes in the June quarter, with head grade lifting to 5.95g/t as Dalgaranga completed its first full quarter supplying Ramelius Resources’ Mt Magnet processing hub. The ramp-up helped drive group gold output to 53,466oz, signalling stronger mill feed quality and higher throughput at the central plant. For mine planners and metallurgists, the combination of increased tonnage and grade at Never Never will influence stope sequencing, backfill scheduling and processing blend strategies across the Mt Magnet–Dalgaranga circuit.