Sandvik Australia has launched its 2026–2028 Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan, marking a decade of formal reconciliation work and setting a minimum target of 3.5% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation in its workforce. The two-year RAP also commits to increased First Nations supplier participation in Sandvik’s mining equipment and services supply chain and to structured cultural capability training across its Australian operations. For mine owners and contractors, the plan signals growing expectations for Indigenous employment and procurement benchmarks in OEM tendering and project partnerships.

Accenture has launched Accenture Construct, a global business combining its capital projects advisory, engineering, project delivery and technology services to support large, complex infrastructure and mining developments. The unit consolidates a capital projects practice that has grown fourfold in three years, targeting fragmented delivery across EPCM contracts, multi-vendor digital systems and dispersed project controls. For mine owners, the move signals more integrated support for mega-project planning, schedule and cost control, and data-driven optimisation across the full asset lifecycle.

Core Lithium has restarted mining and processing at its Finniss lithium operation in the Northern Territory, reporting $17.8 million in revenue for the 12 months to 30 June as it transitions out of care and maintenance. The company now targets steady-state production by 2028, backed by a materially stronger cash position after a difficult price environment for spodumene concentrate. For mine planners and process engineers, the restart signals renewed demand for contractor services, drilling, and plant optimisation as Finniss ramps back towards nameplate throughput.