Hexagon AB has agreed to acquire geotechnical analysis specialist Rocscience from TA Associates and the company’s founders, integrating it into Hexagon’s Radar & Monitoring Division within the Infrastructure & Geospatial Business Area. The move targets tighter coupling of slope stability and underground excavation models in Rocscience with real-time data from Hexagon’s radar, GNSS and other deformation monitoring sensors. For mine operators and infrastructure owners, this signals faster feedback loops between numerical models and field measurements for managing geological risk and ground movement.

MCS Rental Software has expanded its Telematics Hub to integrate 23 additional providers, including CAT, Manitou, Genie, Skyjack, Niftylift, Wacker Neuson, Jekko, AUSA and Generac Mobile, bringing total connections to 39 for mixed fleets of telehandlers, MEWPs, forklifts, cranes, generators and light towers. Using the MCP (model context protocol) AI standard, fleet managers can query utilisation, fault codes and telematics events in plain English within MCS, instead of logging into multiple OEM portals. The system consolidates fuel burn and run-time data to flag over-usage and generate CO₂ and fuel usage reports to meet legal and sustainability reporting requirements.

Datamine has launched Expenditure Watch 2.0, a fully web-based expenditure compliance and reporting platform for mining and exploration companies managing mineral title obligations across multi-tenement portfolios. Originally built for Western Australia’s expenditure reporting rules, the new version is configured to handle multiple jurisdictions and operating environments, centralising tenement spend, work programmes and statutory deadlines. For geology, land and finance teams, this signals tighter control of relinquishment risk and more defensible audit trails on exploration and development expenditure.