Anglo American has agreed to sell its Australian steelmaking coal portfolio to Dhilmar Ltd for up to US$3.875 billion, including US$2.3 billion in upfront cash and a price-linked earnout. The divestment covers multiple hard coking coal operations supplying blast furnace markets, signalling further strategic retreat from thermal and metallurgical coal. For mine planners and contractors in Queensland and New South Wales, new ownership by Dhilmar may trigger revised life-of-mine schedules, contract renegotiations and potential changes in capital spend on underground development and CHPP upgrades.

XCMG all‑electric heavy‑duty trucks have completed trial runs on the 700 km haul route between Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine and the port of Mejillones in northern Chile with zero reported malfunctions. The route, crossing the western Andean foothills, tests traction, braking and battery performance under high-altitude gradients, long downhill sections and desert temperatures. Successful operation over this distance signals growing feasibility of battery-electric haulage for mine‑to‑port logistics, with implications for charging infrastructure design, duty‑cycle planning and fleet energy management.

GR Engineering Services has been named preferred EPC contractor by Ora Banda Mining to deliver a 3 Mt/y gold process plant for the Davyhurst Expansion Project in Western Australia. The appointment follows Ora Banda’s ASX update outlining a step-up from the current 1.2 Mt/y Davyhurst plant, signalling a major throughput increase across its existing open pits and underground resources. For plant designers and contractors, the project points to upcoming demand for larger comminution, leach and tailings handling circuits in the Eastern Goldfields.