Trafo Power Solutions is supplying 13 dry-type transformers for modular e-houses at a remote Pakistani copper-gold project being developed on one of the world’s largest undeveloped deposits. The South Africa-based firm is working through an EPC contractor to build out the mine’s medium-voltage power distribution, using dry-type units suited to high dust loads and fire-risk constraints typical of arid, remote sites. For engineers, the move signals growing reliance on pre-assembled e-houses and low-maintenance transformer technology to accelerate large greenfield mine electrification.

Datamine has taken a strategic equity stake in Brisbane-based Commit Works, whose Fewzion and Visual Ops platforms are used for operational planning and short interval control in underground and open-pit mines. The deal links Datamine’s long-range and tactical planning tools with Commit Works’ shift-level scheduling and frontline execution, aiming to close the gap between weekly plans and 4–12 hour operating windows. For engineers, this signals tighter integration of mine design, production data and work management on a single digital stack.

Exploration activity across Australia is being driven by Amara Minerals’ rebrand from Adelong Gold as it advances the Adelong Gold Project in New South Wales alongside copper–gold targets in Queensland. Stelar Metals is progressing drilling on its South Australian critical minerals portfolio, including sediment-hosted copper and REE prospects near Broken Hill. Rincon Resources is simultaneously stepping up work on its West Arunta and Paterson Province tenements in Western Australia, focusing on IOCG-style and intrusion-related gold–copper systems.