British Columbia has paused permitting for Seabridge Gold’s C$6.4 billion KSM twin tunnels, which would move ore from the Mitchell Valley pits to Treaty Valley processing facilities, until a court dispute with neighbouring Tudor Gold over Treaty Creek claims is resolved. The conflict centres on whether Seabridge’s 2012 conditional mineral reserve grants tunnel rights across Tudor’s Goldstorm and Perfectstorm areas, where Tudor is advancing a 10,000‑tonne‑per‑day underground PEA on a 24.9‑million‑oz indicated gold resource. KSM still holds a 2.3‑billion‑tonne reserve grading 0.64 g/t gold and 0.14% copper, with a planned 33‑year life and 1.03‑million‑oz/y gold output.

BEML Ltd has unveiled the BH35-2 EV, India’s first indigenous all‑electric 35 t payload mining dump truck, at its Mysuru complex, signalling a domestic move away from diesel in the small–medium haul segment. The battery-electric platform targets opencast mines currently using 35 t mechanical trucks, cutting local emissions at loading and dumping points and reducing fuel logistics. For mine planners and maintenance teams, the shift implies new charging infrastructure, high‑voltage safety procedures, and revised haul profile optimisation to manage range and cycle times.

Mammoet has supported Ledcor in expanding the production and service headframes at BHP’s Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan, a greenfield mine targeting about 8.5 Mt/y of output from 2027 and expected to be among the world’s largest potash operations. The heavy-lift scope centred on installing large preassembled headframe modules and associated steelwork, reducing work at height and minimising crane reconfiguration on the constrained shaft collar area. For mine designers and contractors, the project shows how modular headframe construction and engineered lifting can compress schedules on deep-shaft developments in cold-climate greenfield sites.