BEUMER Group has opened a new “state-of-the-art” manufacturing facility in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, significantly expanding its Chinese production base for mining and bulk materials handling systems such as overland conveyors, pipe conveyors and high-capacity loading equipment. The plant opening on 10 December 2025 coincides with BEUMER China’s 20th anniversary and the group’s 90th anniversary, signalling a long-term localisation strategy for key components. For mine operators in Asia, closer regional manufacture should shorten lead times for large conveyor systems and reduce logistics risk on critical spares.

Metso is building a new rubber products plant in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, to supply rubber and Poly-Met mill linings and Trellex® screening media for regional mining customers. The facility will focus on wear parts for grinding mills and screening circuits, aiming to shorten lead times and localise support for Chinese and Asia-Pacific concentrators. For plant designers and maintenance teams, closer access to Poly-Met and rubber linings should ease liner change planning, inventory management and performance upgrades on existing mills and screens.

Hexagon and Ma’aden will sign a new memorandum of understanding at the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh to expand their strategic partnership beyond the Mansourah-Massarah digital mine project. The agreement will centre on mining education and workforce development across the Middle East, using Hexagon’s mine planning, fleet management and sensor-based monitoring platforms as core training tools. For engineers, this signals growing regional demand for skills in integrated digital mine control, data analytics and automation-ready pit-to-plant workflows.