Liebherr-Canada has delivered a new 150-tonne-class R 9150 excavator to Hammerstone Infrastructure Materials, bringing the fleet of this model at Muskeg Quarry in Alberta to three units. All three R 9150s are deployed at Muskeg Quarry, one of Western Canada’s largest limestone operations supplying high-quality aggregates to the oil sands sector. The additional machine signals continued high-volume production requirements and reinforces demand for large-class hydraulic excavators in regional aggregate supply chains.

Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) has purchased two Roxia Smart Filter Press (SFP) units for the GTK Mintec pilot plant in Outokumpu to advance mineral processing and filtration research for mining and circular economy flowsheets. The installation includes the compact SFP 470 model, which offers fully automatic pressure filtration with integrated IIoT-based monitoring and control. For process engineers, the move provides an industrial-scale testbed to optimise dewatering performance, cake quality and water recovery before full-scale plant adoption.

Metso has commissioned a 4 MW extra-large slurry pump test rig at its Test and Training Center in Sala, Sweden, expanding full‑scale product development and performance verification for high-capacity pumps. The facility, described as among the largest slurry pump test rigs globally, allows controlled testing of large-duty units under realistic flow, head and solids-loading conditions. For mine operators and designers, this should provide more reliable hydraulic data, improved wear-life validation and better sizing guidance for demanding mill discharge and tailings applications.