Veracio and Bureau Veritas have signed an MoU to roll out Veracio’s advanced geological scanning technologies across Chile, Peru, Argentina and Brazil, with scope to extend into other Latin American markets. The collaboration is expected to pair Veracio’s digital core scanning and downhole sensing tools with Bureau Veritas’ regional laboratory and inspection network to speed up geological data acquisition and QA/QC. For miners, this could tighten drill-to-model cycles, improve orebody characterisation and standardise high-resolution geoscientific datasets across multiple operations.

Sandvik has agreed to acquire Italy-based Diemme Filtration, adding high-performance mining filter presses and dewatering systems as a new Filtration division within its Rock Processing business area. Diemme’s portfolio includes large automated filter presses for tailings and concentrate dewatering, targeting dry-stack tailings and reduced process water consumption in large concentrators. The move gives Sandvik an in-house solution for integrating crushing, screening and filtration flowsheets, with potential implications for tailings storage design and water balance in brownfield and greenfield plants.

Sandvik Mining has launched the DD423iE battery-electric twin-boom development drill, pairing the proven DD423i drilling platform with onboard battery power and electric driveline to cut diesel use and exhaust emissions in underground headings. The unit targets the same 4 x 4 m to 5 x 5 m tunnel profiles as the diesel DD423i, but with claimed productivity gains from automated drilling cycles, i-series control architecture and optimised boom geometry. For mine operators, the key implications are reduced ventilation demand, lower heat load and easier integration into existing Sandvik i-series digital and automation ecosystems.