Allight has completed its 16,000th MineSpec lighting tower at its Landsdale manufacturing facility in Western Australia, marking more than two decades of supplying mobile lighting to open-pit and underground mines globally. The diesel-powered MineSpec units are widely deployed on haul roads, waste dumps and fixed plant areas to support 24/7 operations, dust control and night-time drilling and blasting. For mine planners and contractors, the scale of this fleet signals strong aftermarket support, parts availability and standardised lighting layouts across multi-site operations.

Six organisations have been shortlisted for the Copper to the World Innovation Hour, where they will pitch live in September to address copper-sector bottlenecks linked to the energy transition, electrification and digital infrastructure. The finalists are developing technologies aimed at improving copper discovery, extraction and processing performance, with a focus on higher throughput, lower unit energy use and reduced environmental footprint across existing operations. For mine planners and metallurgists, the event signals where near-term innovation funding and pilot deployments in copper mining and concentrator circuits are likely to concentrate.

Sandvik has appointed Thomas Vallant as President of its Ground Support division within Sandvik Mining, effective 1 August 2026. Vallant, who joined Sandvik in 2005, has over 20 years’ mining experience and most recently led the Mechanical Cutting division, which covers continuous miners and roadheaders used in hard-rock and soft-rock development. The move signals continuity between Sandvik’s mechanical cutting and rock reinforcement product lines, relevant for integrated ground support solutions in mechanised underground mines.