Ferreyros has delivered Peru’s 1,000th Caterpillar mining truck, a 410 short ton (372 t) payload Cat 798, to Compañía Minera Antamina for use at its copper-zinc operation at around 4,300 m elevation. The ultra-class truck will operate in high-altitude, low-oxygen conditions that challenge engine performance, tyre behaviour and haul road design, demanding close attention to cooling systems, fuel management and braking. For mine planners, the additional 372 t unit affects fleet dispatch, ramp geometry and crusher feed scheduling at one of Peru’s largest open pits.

Weir has secured an order to supply two ENDURON® high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGRs) to Zijin Mining’s Golden Ridge operation at the Akyem gold mine in Ghana, as part of a brownfield optimisation of the existing comminution circuit. The HPGRs will be integrated into a flowsheet currently based on a conventional SAG and ball mill configuration that is struggling with higher ore competency. The move signals a shift towards more energy-efficient, dry grinding technology to debottleneck throughput and cut operating costs in a mature West African gold plant.

Frost & Sullivan has ranked Jinan-based LGMG as the global number one by annual sales volume of off-highway wide-body dump trucks for 10 consecutive years from 2016 to 2025. The consultancy used multidimensional, long-term data tracking across the global rigid and wide-body dump truck market to validate LGMG’s position. For mine operators, the finding signals continued strong field penetration of LGMG haul trucks, which may influence fleet standardisation, parts availability and competitive pricing against established rigid-frame OEMs.