EACON and Tonly have unveiled the EQ100E, a purpose-built, cabless, battery-electric autonomous mining truck that integrates Tonly’s chassis and powertrain engineering with EACON’s drive‑by‑wire and autonomy stack. Designed from the outset for driverless haulage rather than retrofit, the EQ100E removes the operator compartment entirely, simplifying layout for high‑capacity battery packs, sensor arrays and redundant braking and steering controls. For mine planners, the platform signals a shift towards haul road, dump and crusher interface designs optimised around fully autonomous, zero‑emission truck fleets.

Metso has signed an agreement to modernise and repower thickeners at a Chilean mine, targeting higher throughput, greater operational robustness and increased underflow density. The upgrade focuses on boosting water recovery rates from the thickener underflow, reducing fresh make-up water demand and supporting more sustainable process water management in a high-tonnage operation. For process and tailings engineers, the project signals continued pressure to extract more water from tailings streams through improved thickener design, control and retrofits rather than new-build capacity.

Macmahon Underground Pty Ltd has secured a two-year extension from Vault Minerals to continue providing underground mining services at the Daisy Milano gold mine in Western Australia’s Kalgoorlie region. The scope covers ongoing mine development and production activities, maintaining contractor continuity at a site where Macmahon has been operating since 2024. For geotechnical and production teams, the extension signals stable planning horizons for development drilling, ground support regimes and scheduling of stoping sequences over the next two years.