Immersive thermal management for heavy-duty electric mining machinery is emerging as a key constraint and enabler as non-road mobile machinery is projected to rise from 16% to 37% of global NOx emissions by 2050. Developers are moving beyond simple liquid cooling to tightly integrated systems that co-optimise battery packs, inverters and high-power traction motors under high-load, low-speed duty cycles typical of underground haul trucks and loaders. For engineers, the message is that thermal design now directly governs achievable power density, duty cycle length and battery life in next-generation electric fleets.

Nokia has launched its Cognitive Operations (CO) platform, combining mission-critical private wireless networks with accelerated edge computing and operational AI to support field operations where downtime is unacceptable, including large, distributed mine sites. CO ingests data from site communications infrastructure and connected assets to build real-time “site and asset intelligence”, supporting use cases such as maintaining always-on pit-to-plant connectivity and coordinating emergency response vehicles. For mining engineers, the platform signals tighter integration of OT networks, edge analytics and AI-driven decision support directly at the mine edge rather than in remote data centres.

Maritana Minerals has lifted the Burbanks gold project mineral resource to 13.7 million tonnes at 1.7g/t for 755,000oz, adding 290,000oz and taking its total company mineral resource inventory above 2Moz. The Western Australian project’s previous estimate was 6.1Mt at 2.4g/t, so tonnage has more than doubled while grade has fallen, implying a larger, lower‑grade envelope. For mine planning and geotechnical teams, this shift points to potentially expanded pit shells or underground footprints, altered stripping ratios, and revised economic cut-off assumptions.