Volvo Construction Equipment has begun serial production of its A30 Electric and A40 Electric articulated haulers at Braås, Sweden, claimed as the world’s first electric haulers in the 29‑tonne and 39‑tonne payload class. The models, first shown at Bauma 2025, are designed for mining and quarrying duty cycles and can deliver up to six hours of operation per charge, depending on application. Initial units will be deployed in the UK and Norway, giving operators an early test of high‑productivity, zero‑tailpipe‑emission haulage fleets.

Lefroy Exploration has reported new milestones at its Lucky Strike gold project in Western Australia, while Broken Hill Mines and Auravelle Metals are also progressing gold and base metal targets across their respective tenements. Activity includes step-out drilling to extend known mineralised zones, infill drilling to tighten resource models, and follow-up on geophysical anomalies indicating potential sulphide-rich lenses. For geotechs and mine planners, the results signal continuing demand for resource definition drilling, updated block models, and early-stage geotechnical characterisation to support future pit and underground designs.

Maiden drilling at Benz Mining’s Hurricane project in Western Australia has confirmed a new high-grade gold mineralised corridor, extending the existing Hurricane Camp footprint. The corridor was initially recognised in surface geochemical sampling and has now been intersected in multiple reverse circulation and diamond drillholes, with visible sulphide mineralisation associated with gold-bearing structures. The discovery opens additional step-out drilling targets along strike and at depth, with immediate implications for resource expansion and future mine planning at Hurricane.