Zijin Longking has dispatched the first production-line LK220E battery electric mining trucks from its Longyang City plant in Fujian Province, marking the start of series manufacture at the Longjing Smart Environmental Protection Industrial Park. At the same event on 9 May, the company signed a new contract for its larger LK350E battery electric truck, signalling customer commitment to higher-capacity BEV haulage. For mine planners and fleet engineers, this points to accelerating availability of Chinese-built battery trucks in the 220–350 t class for large open-pit operations.

Komatsu’s Mine 4D technology is being deployed at Boliden’s Kevitsa open-pit nickel-copper operation in northern Finland to give dispatchers and supervisors real-time visibility of fleets working in temperatures down to –40°C. The integrated platform links high-precision GNSS machine guidance, fleet management and production reporting so operators can track shovel–truck interactions, ore–waste boundaries and cycle times across 24/7 shifts. For engineers, the key gains are tighter compliance to dig lines, reduced rehandle and faster response to equipment or road condition issues in one of Europe’s harshest mining climates.

De Beers has recorded the lowest safety incident rate in its 135-year history, reporting a total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR) of 1.0 for 2025 across its global mining operations, improving on the previous year’s record low. The company attributes the performance to a strong “ownership” culture, with shared responsibility for risk controls and intensive frontline engagement in incident reporting and corrective actions. For geotechnical and mining teams, the figures signal that structured behavioural programmes and line-led safety leadership can materially reduce TRIFR even in high-risk, deep-level and open-pit environments.