BEML Ltd has unveiled the BH35-2 EV, India’s first indigenous all‑electric 35 t payload mining dump truck, at its Mysuru complex, signalling a domestic move away from diesel in the small–medium haul segment. The battery-electric platform targets opencast mines currently using 35 t mechanical trucks, cutting local emissions at loading and dumping points and reducing fuel logistics. For mine planners and maintenance teams, the shift implies new charging infrastructure, high‑voltage safety procedures, and revised haul profile optimisation to manage range and cycle times.

Mammoet has supported Ledcor in expanding the production and service headframes at BHP’s Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan, a greenfield mine targeting about 8.5 Mt/y of output from 2027 and expected to be among the world’s largest potash operations. The heavy-lift scope centred on installing large preassembled headframe modules and associated steelwork, reducing work at height and minimising crane reconfiguration on the constrained shaft collar area. For mine designers and contractors, the project shows how modular headframe construction and engineered lifting can compress schedules on deep-shaft developments in cold-climate greenfield sites.

Latin America’s latest mining rankings contrast countries where mining dominates exports with those where absolute export value rules, putting copper-heavy Chile and Peru alongside smaller, more mining-dependent economies such as Bolivia. The infographic orders states first by mining’s share of total exports and then by the dollar value of those exports, clarifying where copper, iron ore, lithium, rare earths and specialty minerals most shape trade. With 2026 framed as a critical year in a global contest over critical mineral supply chains, the series tracks how shifting geopolitical alliances may affect project risk and offtake security.