SANY has commissioned its first SY1250H mining excavator in Europe at the Ugljevik open-pit coal mine in Bosnia and Herzegovina, operated by Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske (ERS). The ultra-large excavator is intended for high-volume overburden and coal loading, pairing with 100 t-class haul trucks to support large-scale stripping and shorter mining cycles. For mine planners and maintenance teams, the deployment signals growing OEM competition in Europe’s >100 t excavator class, with implications for fleet standardisation, parts supply, and lifecycle cost benchmarking against established brands.

SANY has shipped 50 SKT145E autonomous pure battery wide body mining trucks to a surface coal operation in Inner Mongolia, pairing them with an in‑house autonomous haulage system rather than a third‑party AHS provider. The SKT145E trucks, already proven in unmanned operation at multiple Chinese coal and aggregate sites, use swappable battery packs and high‑precision positioning for fully driverless haulage on fixed routes. For mine planners and geotechs, the deployment signals continued standardisation around wide body truck haul roads, consistent ramp geometry and controlled dump‑point design to support large‑scale autonomy.

Baffinland Iron Mines has secured immediate access to a $110 million loan and a court-approved extension of creditor protection to 28 August, allowing the Mary River operation on northern Baffin Island to keep mining, shipping and port activities running while it restructures more than $1 billion in debt. The Ontario Superior Court will rule on 30 June whether Baffinland can retain its existing $400 million debtor-in-possession facility from Export Development Canada, which matures in 12 months with a possible six-month extension. A court monitor reports current cash of $21.2 million and a projected cash burn of about $217 million to late August, with an additional supplier charge of up to $100 million aimed at stabilising contractors and critical services.